Guðrún

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Guðrún, probably a mix of two originally distinct names, both with the latter part rún (“rune, secret, confidante”): Guðrún, Goðrún, from guð (“god”) (Proto-Germanic *Gudarūnō) and (perhaps more common) *Gunnrún, Guðrún, from gunnr, guðr (“battle”) (Proto-Germanic *Gunþarūnō), with the regular sound change -nnr- > -ðr-. The latter is evidenced by the short form Gunna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkvʏð.ruːn] === Proper noun === Guðrún f (proper noun, genitive singular Guðrúnar) a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Guðrún”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “Guðrún”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið == Old Norse == === Etymology === Probably a mix of two originally distinct names, both with the latter part rún (“rune, secret, confidante”): Guðrún, Goðrún, from guð (“god”) (Proto-Germanic *Gudarūnō) and (perhaps more common) *Gunnrún, Guðrún, from gunnr, guðr (“battle”) (Proto-Germanic *Gunþarūnō), with the regular sound change -nnr- > -ðr-. The latter is evidenced by the Icelandic short form Gunna. A heroine of several Norse legends, identical to Kriemhild in the German Nibelungenlied. === Proper noun === Guðrún f a female given name ==== Descendants ==== Danish: Gudrun Faroese: Guðrun Icelandic: Guðrún Norwegian Nynorsk: Gudrun, Guro Swedish: Gudrun The name of the Norwegian folklore character Guro Rysserova is derived from the Old Norse heroine, and the part Rysserova means probably a horse’s tail, being not related to Swedish ryssrova (“Turkish wartycabbage”). The legendary Gudrun is also called Jorunn Joklekåpa in Norwegian ballades derived from the Völsunga saga. According to Moltke Moe and Sophus Bugge, this name consists of a female name Jorunn, which replaced Gudrun because of similar sound, and a mix of the names of Old Norse Gjúki and Buðli with ending kåpe. === Further reading === Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964