Hunding is an English word starting with the letter H. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Using Hunding
- In the example corpus, hunding often appears in combinations such as: to hunding, with hunding.
Context around Hunding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hunding
- In this selection, "hunding" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sieglinde, overpower, neither, nor, reluctantly and dead stand out and add context to how "hunding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by sieglinde hunding s unhappy and fight with hunding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hunding" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hunding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Returning, Hunding reluctantly offers Siegmund the hospitality demanded by custom. (10 words)
She reveals that she was forced into a marriage with Hunding. (11 words)
He instructs Brünnhilde to protect Siegmund in his coming fight with Hunding. (12 words)
In stanza 39, Helgi, now in Valhalla, has his former enemy Hunding—also in Valhalla—do menial tasks; fetching foot-baths for all of the men there, kindling fire, tying dogs, keeping watch of horses, and feeding the pigs before he can get any sleep. (45 words)
During their wedding feast, an old man appeared and plunged a sword into the trunk of the ash tree in the center of the room, which neither Hunding nor any of his companions could remove. (35 words)
But Fricka, Wotan’s wife, storms into Wotan’s office and, as goddess of marriage, she takes umbrage at the callous way Siegmund and Sieglinde have broken Sieglinde’s marriage vows to Hunding. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
Hunding is not present, and Siegmund is greeted by Sieglinde, Hunding's unhappy wife.
But Fricka, Wotan’s wife, storms into Wotan’s office and, as goddess of marriage, she takes umbrage at the callous way Siegmund and Sieglinde have broken Sieglinde’s marriage vows to Hunding.
Bitterly, Wotan orders Brünnhilde to obey Fricka and grant victory to Hunding in his battle with Wotan's beloved son Siegmund.
Blessed by Brünnhilde, Siegmund begins to overpower Hunding, but Wotan appears and shatters Nothung (Siegmund's sword) with his spear.
During their wedding feast, an old man appeared and plunged a sword into the trunk of the ash tree in the center of the room, which neither Hunding nor any of his companions could remove.
He instructs Brünnhilde to protect Siegmund in his coming fight with Hunding.
His weapons were broken and the bride was killed, and he was forced to flee to Hunding's home.
In stanza 39, Helgi, now in Valhalla, has his former enemy Hunding—also in Valhalla—do menial tasks; fetching foot-baths for all of the men there, kindling fire, tying dogs, keeping watch of horses, and feeding the pigs before he can get any sleep.
Returning, Hunding reluctantly offers Siegmund the hospitality demanded by custom.
She reveals that she was forced into a marriage with Hunding.
The end of act 1 in the 1876 production Sieglinde returns, having drugged Hunding's drink to send him into a deep sleep.
Wotan strikes Hunding dead with a contemptuous gesture, and angrily sets out in pursuit of his disobedient daughter.
Common combinations with hunding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to hunding 2×
- with hunding 2×