GUDRUN

Meaning of GUDRUN in English

Pronunciation: ' gu ̇ d- ˌ rün

Function: noun

Etymology: Old Norse Guthr ū n

Date: 1842

: the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli in Norse mythology

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GUDRUN — noun Etymology: Old Norse Guthrūn Date: 1842 the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli in Norse mythology
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GUDRUN — /good"roohn/ , n. (in the Volsunga Saga ) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs. Cf. Kriemhild . [ …
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GUDRUN — noun Etymology: Old Norse Guthrūn Date: 1842 : the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli in Norse mythology
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GUDRUN — [Gud.run] n [ON Guthrun]: the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli in Norse mythology
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GUDRUN — heroine of several Old Norse legends whose principal theme is revenge. She is the sister of Gunnar and wife of …
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GUDRUN — Gudrun BrE AmE ˈɡʊdr uːn
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KRIEMHILD — or Gudrun In the Nibelungenlied , the gentle princess courted by Siegfried . Her grief at Siegfried's death transforms her …
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VOLSUNGA SAGA — /vol"soong geuh sah"geuh/ an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of …
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SIGURD — /sig"euhrd/ ; Ger. /zee"goorddt/ , n. (in the Volsunga Saga ) the son of Sigmund and Hjordis and the husband …
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KRIEMHILD — /kreem"hilt/ , n. (in the Nibelungenlied ) the wife of Siegfried and the sister of Gunther. Cf. Gudrun .
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GRIMHILD — /grim"hild/ , n. (in the Volsunga Saga ) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and …
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GJUKI — /gyooh"kee/ , n. (in the Volsunga Saga ) a king, the father of Gudrun and Gunnar and the husband of …
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ATLI — /aht"lee/ , n. Scand. Legend. Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild …
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KRIEMHILD — in Germanic heroic legend, sister of the Burgundian kings Gunther, Gernot, and Giselher. In Norse legend she is called Gudrun, …
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ATLI, LAY OF — Norse Atlakvida heroic poem in the Norse Poetic Edda (see Edda), an older variant of the tale of slaughter and …
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WOMEN IN LOVE — ˌWomen in ˈLove BrE AmE (1921) a novel by D. H. ↑ Lawrence about two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, …
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KRIEMHILD — or Gudrun In the Nibelungenlied , the gentle princess courted by Siegfried . Her grief at Siegfried's death transforms her …
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GUNNAR — [Norse] In the Saga of the Volsungs, Gunnar is the brother of Gudrun, who swears to marry Brunhilde by riding …
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BRUNHILDE — [Norse] A mighty female warrior, one of the Valkyries, and a heroine from the German epics, especially in the Nibelungen …
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