Guðrøðr is a masculine

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Gofraid is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/ Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid. ' corresponds to the Old Norse ', cognate with Gottfried or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid' ...

'' or ''Gofraidh'' (later ''Goraidh'' in

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forms of the Old Norse name are ''Godred'', ''Guthred'', and ''Guthfrith''. The name is also Latinised as ''Godredus''.''Scriptores Rerum Danicum Medii Aevi'', Jacob Langebek, vol. IX, Haunia, 1878, pp. 244 & 259

Persons with the name

Many of these are given in more than one spelling in various sources, and thus their article titles here are not consistent. *

Gudrød the Hunter Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: ''Guðrøðr veiðikonungr'', Norwegian: ''Gudrød Veidekonge'', literally ''Gudrod Hunter-king''; died 820 AD), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: ''enn gǫfugláti'', Norwegian: ''den gjeve''), is ...

(semi-legendary king in Vingulmark in south-east Norway, from 804 until 810) *

Gudrød Bjørnsson Gudrød Bjørnsson was, in late tradition, the son of Bjørn Farmann, the king of Vestfold, and a grandson of Harald Fairhair. These traditions make Gudrød the father of Harald Grenske, and the paternal grandfather of Saint Olaf, but modern schola ...

(ruled Vestfold until 968) *

Godred Crovan Godred Crovan (died 1095), known in Gaelic as Gofraid Crobán, Gofraid Meránach, and Gofraid Méránach, was a Norse-Gaelic ruler of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Dublin, Dublin and the Kingdom of the Isles, Isles. Although his precise parentage h ...

(d. 1095), King of Dublin and the Isles *

Guðrøðr Óláfsson Guðrøðr Óláfsson (died 10 November 1187) was a twelfth-century ruler of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Dublin, Dublin and the Kingdom of the Isles, Isles. Guðrøðr was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153), Óláfr Guðrøðarson and A ...

(d. 1187), King of Dublin and the Isles * Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson (d. 1231), King in the Isles *

Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (died 1075) was a late eleventh-century King of Dublin. Although the precise identities of his father and grandfather are uncertain, Gofraid was probably a kinsman of his royal predecessor, Echmarcach mac Ragnai ...

(d. 1075), King of Dublin *

Gofraid mac Arailt Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson , was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king. He and his brother Maccus were active in the lands around the Irish Sea in the 970s and 980s. Origins Gofraid and Maccus are usually ass ...

(d. 989), King of the Isles *

Gofraid mac Sitriuc Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson , was King of Dublin. He was the son of Sihtric ua Ímair and a great-grandson of Ímar, founder of the Uí Ímair kindred which dominated much of the Norse-Gael and Scandinav ...

(d. 951), King of Dublin *Gofraid mac Sitriuc (d. 1070), King of Dublin, father of

Fingal mac Gofraid Fingal mac Gofraid, and his father, Gofraid mac Sitriuc, were late eleventh-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles. Although one source states that Gofraid mac Sitriuc's father was named Sitriuc, there is reason to suspect that this could be ...

Gofraid ua Ímair Gofraid ua Ímair or Guthfrith of Ivar ( , , fl. from AD 918 until death in 934) was a Hiberno-Scandinavian (people of Gaelic and Scandinavian birth and culture) and Viking leader who ruled Dublin and briefly Viking Northumbria in the early 10t ...

(d. 934), King of Dublin and Northumbria *

Guðrøðr Magnússon Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), also known as Godred Magnusson, was an illegitimate son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles. In 1275, whilst Mann was under Scottish overlordship, Guðrøðr led an unsuccessful revolt on the is ...

(fl. 1275), son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles * Guðröðr of Skåne, 7th-century Scanian king *

Guthred Guthred Hardacnutsson (Old Norse: ''Guðrøðr''; ; born c. 844 – died 24 August 895 AD) was the second viking king of Northumbria from circa 883 until his death. Life Kings of Northumbria in the Norse era The first known king of Viking York, ...

(d. 895), King of York

Other

*Godred, the name of an engine on the

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