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Grim⋅hild

[grim-hild]
–noun
(in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun.

Origin:
< ON Grīmhildr, equiv. to grím(a) mask + hildr battle
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