Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The English and German version of the name is Gudrun. It is one of the most frequently given female names in Iceland. In 2004, it was ranked first before Anna and Sigríður. [2] [3] According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required.
Gudrun's two names may result from the merging of two different figures, one who was the wife of Sigurd, and one who was the brother of the Burgundians killed by Attila. [ 16 ] The first attestation of Kriemhild or Gudrun, however, is the Nibelungenlied . [ 109 ]
Gudrun is a feminine given name of Old Norse origin derived from guð or goð, meaning "god"; and rūn, meaning "rune", or "secret lore".Gudrun, the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as well as the English and German form of the name, was revived and came into greater use in the latter half of the 19th century [2]
Gudrun is the sister of Gunnar and wife of Sigurd in Norse mythology. Gudrun may also refer to: Gudrun (given name) Guðrún, an Icelandic given name (includes variants such as Gudrun) Kudrun, also known as Gudrun, a German medieval epic and its main character; 328 Gudrun, a main belt asteroid; Gudrun (storm), a European windstorm
Guðrún was the daughter of Ósvífr Helgason and Þórdís Þjóðólfsdóttir. She grew up at Laugar in Sælingsdal. Her future marriages were foretold when she relayed four dreams, each representing one of her marriages to come.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd (the equivalent of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [1] [2]) and Sigurd's wife Gudrun.
The form *Gudrun may be of Dutch origin and probably derives from the Old Norse Guðrún (see Gudrun). [14] [15] It is unclear whether the poem's German speaking audience was aware that Kudrun's name was equivalent to the Norse version of Kriemhild or whether the name has some other explanation. [16]
Then Sigurd comes, breaks through the wall of fire, and they sleep together. When he leaves, however, Gudrun and her mother Grimhild cast a spell on Sigurd so that he forgets Brunhild and marries Gudrun. Some time later Brunhild and Gudrun argue in the bath, with Gudrun refusing to share water with Brunhild.