Guth·run

(go͝oth′ro͞on′)

Variant of Gudrun.

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Guthrun

(ˈɡʊðruːn)

(Norse Myth & Legend) a variant of Gudrun

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The familiar characters include Sigurd the dragon-slayer, Byrnhild the Valkyrie, the iron courage of the brothers Gunnar and Hogni, and their avenging sister Guthrun. It was first written in Iceland about AD 1250, says Crawford, but the earliest manuscript, from about 1400, includes the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, a continuation of the story by a different author.

The Saga of the Volsungs: With The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok

King Alfred repelled the Viking advances and entered into a treaty by which the Vikings could rule areas of northeastern England north of a line called the Danelaw, with the further requirement that the Viking King Guthrun become a Christian.

The battle that saved the west: Arminius ("Hermann the Liberator") and his German warriors crushed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest--and in so doing redirected the course of history

Sigurthsson, Nanna Kristin Magnusdottir, Vikingur Kristjansson, Reine Brynolfsson, Thruthur Vilhjalmsdottir, Jona Gudrun Jonsdottir, Petur Rognvaldsson, Lilja Guthrun Thorvaldsdottir, Stefania Arna Vikingsdottir.

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