- In
Norse mythology,
Grimhild or Grímhildr ("masked battle") was a
beautiful but evil
sorceress who was
married to king Gjúki of
Burgundy in the Völsunga...
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meaning to rage. In the
Scandinavian tradition, Gudrun's
mother is
known as
Grimhild (Grimhildr), the
cognate name to Kriemhild.
Victor Millet suggests that...
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conflict erupts between Brunhild and
Grimhild over
their respective statuses at court. The
quarrel causes Grimhild to
reveal to
Brunhild that
Sigurd took...
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later killed Fafnir and gave
Andvaranaut to
Brynhildr (Brünnehilde).
Queen Grimhild of the
Nibelungs then mani****ted
Sigurd and
Brynhildr into
marrying her...
- together, they
renew their vows. Meanwhile, a
skilled sorceress named Grimhild is
married to King Gjuki, and
together they have
three sons: Gunnar, Hǫgni...
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glory spreads far and wide.
Grimhild advises her sons to
regularise their alliance with
Sigurd by
marrying him to Gudrun.
Grimhild gives Sigurd a love potion...
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Brunhild begins to
quarrel with Sigurd's wife
Grimhild over
which of them has the
higher status. One day,
Grimhild fails to rise when
Brunhild enters the hall...
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Sometime later,
Grimhild and
Brynhild fight over who has a
higher rank.
Brynhild claims that
Sigurd is not of
noble birth,
after which Grimhild announces that...
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reconstructed as *Hildiko ("little Hildr"), and it is
probably preserved in *
Grímhild or *Krēmhild, the name of Ildico's
later legendary version.
According to...
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named Gunnar, Gernoz, and Gisler. Ode also
bears a
daughter named Grímhild. One
later p****age adds Guthorm. But
Guthorm is
never mentioned again and...
