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01 / Meaning & origin
Grimhild is a feminine given name documented in Faroese. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic *Grīmahildiz.
From Proto-Germanic *Grīmahildiz, from *grimmaz + *hildiz.
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GRIMHILD— “helmeted battle maid”
Grîmhild, or in High German, Krimhild, was originally one of the Valkyrier, or choosers of the slain, who was so called, as being endowed with a helmet of terror. Hidden battle-maid, or helmeted battle-maid, would be her fittest translation. In the northern version of the _Nibelungenlied_, Grimhild is the witch-mother of Sigurd’s wife, Gudrun, and performs a part like that of the Oda, or Uta, in the German and Danish versions, in which the heroine herself is called Kriemhild,…
Grîmhild, or in High German, Krimhild, was originally one of the Valkyrier, or choosers of the slain, who was so called, as being endowed with a helmet of terror. Hidden battle-maid, or helmeted battle-maid, would be her fittest translation. In the northern version of the _Nibelungenlied_, Grimhild is the witch-mother of Sigurd’s wife, Gudrun, and performs a part like that of the Oda, or Uta, in the German and Danish versions, in which the heroine herself is called Kriemhild, or Chriemhild, and does her fatal part in wreaking revenge for the murder of her husband. Grimhhildur was somewhat used in the North, but nothing was so fashionable as Grim, who occurs twenty-nine times in the _Landnama-bok_, and with equal frequency in Domesday; besides that one of these Danish settlers left his name to Grimsby, in Lincolnshire.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section III (Odin, or Grîmr) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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