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Scholarly opinion diverges as to which name is more original: either both names are old, [10] the name Gudrun is the original name and the name Kriemhild a later invention, [7] or the name Kriemhild is the original name and the name Gudrun was created to share the same first element as the other Burgundians Gunther (Gunnar) and Guthorm (see ...
Guðrún is a feminine given name. 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.
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]
Commemorative stone for Guðrún at Helgafell on Snæfellsnes. Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir (Old Norse: [ˈɡuðˌruːn ˈoːsˌwiːvz̠sˌdoːtːez̠]; Modern Icelandic: Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir [ˈkvʏðˌruːn ˈousˌviːvʏr̥sˌtouhtɪr̥]; 10th century – 11th century), was an Icelandic woman who was famed for her great wisdom and beauty.
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
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]
The second KUR is a determinative indicating that nisir is the name of a hill or land or country (or in Akkadian a mountain). But Thompson [4] read this determinative as matu, an Akkadian word for country. The country Nisir may have got its name from nisirtu which means a locality that is hidden, inaccessible, or secluded. Hence the boat may ...