Svanhild

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Norwegian, Norse Mythology

Meaning & History

From Old Norse svanr "swan" and hildr "battle", a Scandinavian cognate of Swanhild. In the Norse epic the Völsungasaga she is the daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun.