Gudrun
[ goo d-roon ]
/ ˈgʊd run /
noun
(in the Volsunga Saga) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs.
Compare
Kriemhild.
Origin of Gudrun
Old Norse
Guthrun, equivalent to
gunn(r),
guth(r) battle +
-rún feminine noun
suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for gudrun
Gudrun
Guthrun (ˈɡʊðruːn) or Kudrun (ˈkʊdruːn)
/ (ˈɡʊdruːn) /
noun
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