Guðrún
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Guðrún, probably a mix of two originally distinct names, both with the latter part rún (“rune, secret, confidante”): Guðrún, Goðrún, from guð (“god”) (Proto-Germanic *Gudarūnō) and (perhaps more common) *Gunnrún, Guðrún, from gunnr, guðr (“battle”) (Proto-Germanic *Gunþarūnō), with the regular sound change -nnr- > -ðr-. The latter is evidenced by the short form Gunna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Guðrún f
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
The accusative and dative singular form Guðrúni is used regionally instead of the more common Guðrúnu.
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a mix of two originally distinct names, both with the latter part rún (“rune, secret, confidante”): Guðrún, Goðrún, from guð (“god”) (Proto-Germanic *Gudarūnō) and (perhaps more common) *Gunnrún, Guðrún, from gunnr, guðr (“battle”) (Proto-Germanic *Gunþarūnō), with the regular sound change -nnr- > -ðr-. The latter is evidenced by the Icelandic short form Gunna.
A heroine of several Norse legends, identical to Kriemhild in the German Nibelungenlied.
Proper noun[edit]
Guðrún f
- a female given name
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
- Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse given names
- Old Norse female given names