''Auður'' (Modern Icelandic spelling) or ''Auðr'' (Old Icelandic spelling) is an
Old Norse
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Icelandic female personal name. It also has the variant forms ''Unnr'' (Old Icelandic) and ''
Unnur'' (Modern Icelandic). It is sometimes rendered as ''
Aud
The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Au ...
'', ''Audr'', or ''Unn'' in English and in other languages.
People and characters from medieval sources
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Auðr (mythology), the son of Nótt and Naglfari in ''Snorra Edda''
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Auðr in djúpauðga Ívarsdóttir, settler of Iceland
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Auðr in djúpauðga Ketilsdóttir (834-900 AD), the wife of Olaf the White of Dublin, "King" of Ireland
Post-medieval Icelandic women
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Auður Auðuns
Auður Auðuns (18 February 1911 – 19 October 1999) was an Icelandic lawyer and politician from the Independence Party. She set several records as she became the first Icelandic woman to obtain a law degree, the first female Mayor of Reykjaví ...
(1911–1999), lawyer and politician
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Auður Laxness
Auður Sveinsdóttir Laxness (20 July 1918 – 29 October 2012) was an Icelandic writer and craftswoman, credited with influencing the design and popularity of the Icelandic Lopapeysa sweater during the mid-20th century. Her husband was Icelandic ...
(1918–2012), writer and craftsperson
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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958) is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. She received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for ''Hotel Silence'' in 2018 and the Médicis Foreign Award for ''Miss Iceland'' in ...
(born 1958), writer and professor of art history
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Auður Jónsdóttir
Auður Jónsdóttir (born 30 March 1973) is an Iceland, Icelandic author. Her novels deal with family, particularly mother-daughter relationships.
Career
Auður's debut novel, ''Bliss'' (Stjórnlaus Lukka), was nominated for the Icelandic Li ...
(born 1973), writer
Organisations
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Auður Capital, financial service company
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Nidingr (band), a band formerly known as ''Audr''
See also
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Unnur, a given name
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Icelandic feminine given names
Feminine given names