Volsung
Americannoun
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a grandson of Odin and the father of Sigmund and Signy.
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any of his family.
noun
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a great hero of Norse and Germanic legend and poetry who gave his name to a race of warriors; father of Sigmund and Signy
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any member of his family
Example Sentences
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Signy was the daughter of Volsung and the sister of Sigmund.
From Literature
Kaufmann brought to Don Alvaro the lonely longing of the outcast Volsung Siegmund, from Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” recognizable here in the guise of Verdi’s Incan wanderer, far from Peru, denounced as a savage in Europe, searching far and wide for the woman who loves him but will always be forbidden to him.
From The New Yorker
Hagen, the leader of the underworld Gibichung clan that is at war with the gods and the Volsung race of heroes, was played by South Korean bass baritone Attila Jun sporting a Mohawk haircut as a nightclub-style bouncer who stopped in periodically at a voodoo shrine behind a metal gate to spit on images of his enemies.
From Reuters
Volsungs, vol′sungz, n.pl. a famous heroic race in old German legend, its founder Volsung or Wolsung, the grandson of Odin, and its brightest ornament Volsung's son, Siegmund.
From Project Gutenberg
The great example of this common right in heroes is Sigfred, Sigurd the Volsung, Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.
From Project Gutenberg
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