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Guthrun

British  
/ ˈɡʊðruːn /

noun

  1. a variant of Gudrun

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He now converted Guthrun and had him immersed, which took first-rate, and other Danes got immersed.

From Comic History of England by Nye, Bill

Changing at the font: Alfred was godfather to Guthrun the Dane, when baptized after his defeat at Ethandune in 878.

From The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History by Morley, Henry

Guthrun, now in Alfred's power, was the ablest warrior that the Northmen had as yet produced.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John

We have no definite knowledge of the number of men engaged in that bloody and desperate battle, in which the Saxons were greatly outnumbered by the Danes, who were marshalled under a chieftain called Guthrun.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John

Nor had Guthrun Athelstan, the ex-viking, been true to his engagements.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John

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