Gudrun

American  

[good-roon] / ˈgʊd run /

noun

1. (in theVolsunga Saga ) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs.

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Gudrun British  

/ ˈɡʊdruːn, ˈɡʊðruːn, ˈkʊdruːn /

noun

1. Norse myth the wife of Sigurd and, after his death, of Atli, whom she slew for his murder of her brother Gunnar. She corresponds to Kriemhild in the Nibelungenlied

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Etymology

Origin of Gudrun

Old Norse Guthrun, equivalent to gunn ( r ), guth ( r ) battle + -rún feminine noun suffix

Example Sentences

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Gudrun

Flaherty's death was announced by his daughter, Gudrun, who said it came after a "brief illness".

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024

Flaherty’s daughter, Gudrun, confirmed his death on Tuesday to the Associated Press.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Gudrun Flaherty said in a statement that her father had an “unwavering passion for movies from the ’40s and ’50s,” which influenced his career, as well as his time on “SCTV.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Gudrun Sproesser points out: "Interestingly, however, there was no association between this perception and the actual overlap between environmental sustainability and how healthy a meal actually is."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown