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

Sigurd rode thence and came to the King who is named Gjuki; his wife is named Grimhild; their children were Gunnar, H�gni, Gudrun, Gudny; Gotthorm was a step-son of Gjuki.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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

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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 Project Gutenberg

I returned to the North with Sigurth and was with him in Denmark, and I was also with him when Sigurth Hring sent his brothers-in-law, the sons of Gandalf, to Gunnar and H�gni, the sons of Gjuki, and demanded that they should pay him tribute, threatening them with invasion in case they refused.

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