Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a
Germanic feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). It may refer to:
*, allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth
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Gunhild of Wenden
Gunhilda of Wenden was a Polish princess, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland according to Chronicles of Thietmar of Merserburg, Adam von Bremen and Acta Cnutonis regis princess and Danish Viking Age queen consort, the supposed spouse of 10th-centur ...
, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
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Gunhilde (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard
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Gunhild of Wessex, (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
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Gunhild Carling
Gunhild Carling (born 7 May 1975) is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist. She is well known for playing trombone.
Career
Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on 20 July 2010. The same year, she became a ...
, Swedish jazz musician
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Gunhild Kyle
Gunhild Kyle (28 August 1921 – 14 February 2016) was a Swedish historian.Sweden's population 1970, CD-ROM, Version 1.04, Swedish Family Research Association (2002). She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenbu ...
(1921–2016), Swedish historian
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Gunhild Rosén
Gunhild Rosén (7 December 1855 - 1928) was a Swedish ballerina, choreographer and a ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm.
Gunhild Rosén was born in Norrköping, and was a student of Anders Selinder. She became a figurant d ...
(1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
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891 Gunhild
891 Gunhild ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a large background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, that measures approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 17 May 1918, by astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Kön ...
, an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
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Gunhilda of Denmark, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Gunhilde, sister of Sweyn I of Denmark, wife of Pallig Tokesen
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Domina Gunilda, a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, wife of Erik Bloodaxe
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Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir or Gunnhildr Haraldsdóttir, ''Guda'' or ''Gyda'' (traditionally died in Gudhem, Västergötland, Sweden, c. 1060) was, according to the traditional view, a queen consort of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and of king Sveinn II ...
, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden
In the masculine form, Gunnhildus, it is attested from earlier times.
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Gunnhildus,
Visigothic bishop of Maguelonne.
See also
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gunhild, a French clothing brand
* The name of the London area "
Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury is an area of West London, England.
Toponymy
The name "Gunnersbury" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -''bury'', manor or manor house.
Development
Gunne ...
" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name +
Middle English -''bury'', manor or manor house.
[Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. . .]
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Gunilda'', a steel yacht which sank on
Lake Superior.
References
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External links
Nomina • Historiska MuseetGunilda - Nordic Names
Given names
Feminine given names