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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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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

The ball is sent over by Aiden McGeady, clearance by Atli Gregersen.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2013

Aiden McGeady takes the outswinging corner, clearance by Atli Gregersen.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2013

The name of the Rhenish Atli, which is preserved in the "Edda," and which also occurs as a German chieftain's name on the soil of conquered Britain, easily served to facilitate the confusion.

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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)