Gudrun

[ good-roon ]

noun
  1. (in the Volsunga Saga) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs.

Origin of Gudrun

1
Old Norse Guthrun, equivalent to gunn(r), guth(r) battle + -rún feminine noun suffix

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Gudrun

Guthrun (ˈɡʊðruːn) or Kudrun (ˈkʊdruːn)

/ (ˈɡʊdruːn) /


noun
  1. Norse myth the wife of Sigurd and, after his death, of Atli, whom she slew for his murder of her brother Gunnar. She corresponds to Kriemhild in the Nibelungenlied

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