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English
Proper noun
Brunhilde
- A female given name from German.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German Briunhilde, from Old High German *Brunnīhilta, from Proto-Germanic *Brunjōhildiz, from *brunjǭ (“breastplate”) + *hildiz (“battle, fight”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Brunhilde
- (Germanic mythology) A shieldmaiden and valkyrie in Germanic mythology, a main character in the Nibelungenlied, Völsunga saga, and some poems of the Poetic Edda.
- a female given name from Middle High German
- (historical) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia, wife of Sigebert I, who later ruled Austrasia and Burgundy as regent.
See also
Norman
Proper noun
Brunhilde f
- (continental Normandy) a female given name from the Germanic languages