Old Norse legend name from the Nibelungenlied of a queen of the Valkyries composed of the elements brynja armor coat of mail and hildr battle fight hence armored warrior woman BRYNJA.

Female warrior names norse. Saga name meaning not given. One of the most widespread female Viking names in Norse culture is Astrid which etymologically comes from As God and Frid beloved. Hilda- This name has several derivations from English German Norse Swedish and Teutonic.

Research shows that some of the most impressive Vikings of all time were in fact female. Saga names meanings not given. Old Norse name derived from the word brynja meaning armor coat of mail.

Ancient Norse Women Warriors Housewives Poets and Priestesses There is still much about the Ancient Norse People that we do not know so much of our current information is an attempt to fill in the gaps since the Vikings did not write down their history and the Christians destroyed much of their existing culture. Saehild Saeunn Skalm Steinunn Steinvorr. The German meaning is battle.

Aud Ketilsdottir also known as Aud the Deep-Minded was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose of Norway. Lovely in the nest. The English meaning is battle maid.

1004 CE was either a great woman warrior or an evil conniving murderess depending on which of the two stories about her one reads. The Swedish meaning is fighter. It was also the name of several queens of the main Nordic sagas.

The Norse meaning is Valkyrie. The Anglo-Saxon meaning is war. Whirlwind In Greek mythology this is the name of an Amazon warrior who was killed by Herakles.