Brynhild

There is a maid fair to see at Heimi's; men call her Brynhild, Budli's daughter, but the great king Heimi fosters the proud maid ....

The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday

He has to recall Brynhild; take back his former instructions; and ordain that

The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring George Bernard Shaw 1903

Yea, few dare speak of Brynhild as morning fadeth in noon

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865

And most are likely to know something about how he evades the ring of fire and awakens Brynhild, and how his vows to her are broken through magic, leading him to marry Gudrún instead.

An Old Norse Legend, Courtesy of J.R.R. Tolkien Marjorie Burns 2009

Says Brynhild, “Sigurd slew Fafnir, and that only deed is of more worth than all the might of King Gunnar.”

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

“No secret speech had we,” quoth Brynhild, “though we swore oath together; and full well didst thou know that thou wentest about to beguile me; verily thou shalt have thy reward!”

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

Brynhild, who was hight Bekkhild, because she had bidden at home, and learned handicraft, whereas Brynhild fared with helm and byrny, unto the wars, wherefore was she called Brynhild.

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

The grand poem, called the “Hell-ride of Brynhild”, is not represented directly by anything in the prose except that the Sagaman has supplied from it a link or two wanting in the “Lay of Sigrdrifa”; it will be found translated in our second part.

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

Then said Brynhild, “This seat is for few, but and if my father come.”

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

Then said Brynhild, “I swore an oath to wed the man who should ride my flaming fire, and that oath will I hold to, or die.”

The Story of the Volsungs 2008