Gjuki

American  

[gyoo-kee] / ˈgyu ki /

Or Giuki

noun

1. a king, the father of Gudrun and Gunnar and the husband of Grimhild.

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Etymology

Origin of Gjuki

< Old Norse Gjūki; compare Old English Gifica, Old High German Gibicho

Example Sentences

Next Sigurd comes to King Gjuki at the Rhine, and joins in friendship with him and his sons Gunnar and Hogni.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

I enjoyed most being with Sigurth and the sons of Gjuki; but the sons of Lothbrok were those who allowed most freedom to their followers to live as they liked.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

Afterward, Sigurd and the sons of Gjuki went to Atli, the son of Budli, to ask as a wife forxi Gunnar Brynhild, his sister.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Sigurd then leaped upon his horse and rode to his companions; Gunnar and he again changed their shapes and they went back to Gjuki with Brynhild.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

There Sigurd dwelt for a long time; and he took to wife Gudrun, the daughter of Gjuki, and Gunnar and H�gni swore with him oaths of brotherhood.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown