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Atli

American  
[aht-lee] / ˈɑt li /

noun

Scandinavian Legend.
  1. Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.


Atli British  
/ ˈɑːtlɪ /

noun

  1. Norse myth a king of the Huns who married Gudrun for her inheritance and was slain by her after he killed her brothers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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While Icelandic writer Jon Atli Jonassan found the 2009 run of his play The Deep helped him into filmmaking.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

Atli insists it’s not what it seems, but Agnes, clutching their 4-year-old daughter, promptly kicks him out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2018

Atli, as it turns out, does not help his cause by being feckless and self-aborbed, a natural born screw-up trapped in complications he never imagined.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2018

Headed effort on goal by Atli Gregersen from just inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2013

There dwelt a man of small wealth called Atli, who was Thorstein's tenant Thorstein bade him come and work with them, and bring with him hoe and spade.

From The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 by Morris, William

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