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The name was also given to another beautiful, evil sorceress woman who married king Áli of Alfheim ( modern Bohuslän ) in Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra.

King Ali had a daughter before he married Grimhild, named Signy.

Signy had a daughter with a king she had married but he died in battle, so she returned home to her father, with her daughter.

Grimhild poisoned the king and then had ruled the kingdom in such an evil manner that it was laid waste.

She then banned Signy and Hildr, her daughter, from the kingdom and put a curse on them, that Hildr would turn into a troll woman and they would have to live in a cave.

Every man that came would fall in love with Hildr, and then Signy would have to kill them, until one man is not afraid.

In turn, Hildr had put a curse on Grimhild, that she would stand over a fire between her legs, burning her from below while she was freezing from the other side, into which Grimhild would drop when their own curse was broken.

Grimhild attempted to reason with Hildr, as she would rather that neither of their curses hold, but to no avail as Hildr desired revenge.

Eleven years and sixteen men later, a young Dane IIlugi came along and broke Grimhild's curse, thus also causing her to die at last.

( This Grimhild was an inspiration for Queen Grimhilde from Disney's Snow White.