Tar-Palantir, your question about female warriors is an interesting one and quite a tough one. I've had a think about this and the answer is, I think, a bit of both. Brynhildr (or Brunhilde as she was in the later German stories) was a valkyrie so you could say she was bred to it. On the other hand, Gudrun, the avenger I mentioned earlier, didn't actually perform feats of arms - serving up children stew and setting fire to buildings can clearly be done on the spur of the moment... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] ....
The best old Norse poem about a female warrior is called the Waking of Angantyr. I have found a site which carries a good translation of the text - here it is.
http://meadhall.homestead.com/Angantyr.html
I suspect it was a real favourite of Tolkien's and a strong influence, if you read it you'll see what I mean.
Oh and Gorwingel - I think it was 'enamoured' as in, in love with, although you mistaking it for 'enarmoured' was quite understandable given the subject matter!
[ February 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lalaith ]