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Gudrun
Gudrun ♀ Scandinavian: from an Old Norse female personal name composed of guð ‘god’ + rūn ‘secret lore’. In Norse legend this was the name borne by the heroine of the Volsungasaga, sister of Gunnar and wife of Sigurd, whose destruction she brought about. The name was revived in the second part of the 19th century, and is now also used in Germany and occasionally in the English-speaking world, possibly under the influence of the character Gutrune in Wagner's Götterdämmerung or Gudrun Brangwen, one of the central characters in D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love (1920), which was made into a film in 1969.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun.html |
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Gudrun
Gudrun or Kudrun , in Germanic literature. 1 Heroine of the Icelandic epic, the Volsungasaga. 2 Heroine and title person of an anonymous Middle High German epic written shortly after and strongly influenced by the Nibelungenlied (see under Nibelungen ). The epic tells the story of Hilde, Hagen's sister, and of the abduction of her daughter Gudrun. 3 Principal character of the Icelandic Laxdaelasaga, introduced to English readers by William Morris through his "Lovers of Gudrun" in The Earthly Paradise. Wagner's Gutrune (in the Götterdämmerung ) is not Gudrun but corresponds to Kriemhild of the Nibelungenlied. |
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"Gudrun." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gudrun." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gudrun.html "Gudrun." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gudrun.html |
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Gudrun
Gudrun in Norse legend, sister of Gunnar, the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli (Attila the Hun); the Norse equivalent of Kriemhild in the Nibelungenlied. In both Norse and Germanic versions of the story, she is ultimately a figure of vengeance, bringing about the death of the brothers who have killed her husband.
In saga literature, Gudrun is also the name of the remorseless heroine of the Old Icelandic Laxdæla Saga, who is loved by Kjartan but marries his foster-brother Bolli, and who in the end incites Bolli to kill Kjartan. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gudrun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gudrun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Gudrun.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Gudrun." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Gudrun.html |
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Gudrun
Gudrun,
1. in the Volsunga saga and in W. Morris's Sigurd the Volsung, the daughter of the king of the Niblungs; 2. the heroine of the Laxdaela saga (see saga), who appears in Morris's version, ‘The Lovers of Gudrun’, in The Earthly Paradise. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gudrun." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gudrun." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Gudrun.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gudrun." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Gudrun.html |
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Gudrun
Gudrun ♀ (German) From an Old Norse personal name from guð ‘god’ + rūn ‘rune, secret lore’. It was revived in the second part of the 19th century.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun1.html |
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Gudrun
Gudrun ♀ (German) Nordic.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun2.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Gudrun." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Gudrun2.html |
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"Gudrun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gudrun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Gudrun.html "Gudrun." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Gudrun.html |
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