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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

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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

Attila, the Hunn, slid into the previous Teutonic hero-figure of Atli, the Hune.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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