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Gunnar is a male
first name of
Nordic origin (
Gunnarr in Old Norse). The name
Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but
mostly is
referred to by...
- Fljótshlíð and is
probably better known as
Gunnar of Hlíðarendi (Old Norse:
Gunnarr á Hlíðarenda). He
features prominently in the
first half of Njáls saga...
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treachery but
Gunnarr still decides to take up the offer,
vowing that if he doesn't
return no-one will
benefit from his riches. As
Gunnarr and Högni arrive...
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eleventh century: Veðr Weðr Weðr ok ok ok Þegn Þegn Þegn ok ok ok
Gunnarr Gunnarr Gunnarr reistu ræistu
raistu stein stæin
stain þenna þenna þenna at at...
- this runestone. × þiak(n) Þegn Þiagn × auk ok ok ×
kunar Gunnarr Gunnarr ×
raistu reistu ræistu ×
stana steina stæina × aftiʀ eptir...
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recorded in Atlakviða and Oddrúnargrátr
tells that
Attila the Hun
murdered Gunnarr, the King of Burgundy, in a
snake pit. In a
medieval German poem, Dietrich...
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often identified as a
brother or half-brother of King
Gunther (Old
Norse Gunnarr). In the
Nibelungenlied he is
nicknamed "from Tronje". Of the main m****cripts...
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Runestone raised in
memory of
Gunnarr by Tóki the Viking....
- much like a male warrior. When she ends up
married to Guðrún's
brother Gunnarr instead of Sigurðr, the man she
intended to marry,
Brynhildr speaks a verse...
- Skáldskaparmál and the Ættartolur, Gjúki was
father of two sons
named Gunnar (
Gunnarr) and Högni (Hǫgni) and of two
daughters named Gudrún (Guðrún) and Gullrönd...
