noun
a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
• Topics: ↑Norse mythology, ↑Teuton, ↑mythology
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Valkyrie
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/broon hil"deuh/; Ger. /brddyuun'hil"deuh/, n.
1. the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Cf. Siegfried.
2. Brunhild.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.