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 f ...
composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr).
Notable people with these names include:
* , 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-century ...
, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
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Gunhild of Wessex, (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
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Gunhild Carling (born 1975), 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 (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
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Gunhilda of Denmark
Gunhilda of Denmark ( 1020 – 18 July 1038), was Queen of Germany as the wife of King Henry III from 1036 until her death.
Biography
Gunhilda was a daughter of King Cnut the Great (985/95 – 1035), ruler over the Anglo-Scandinavian North S ...
, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Gunhilde
Gunhilde (or Gunnhild) (died 13 November 1002) is said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and the daughter of Harald Bluetooth. She was married to Pallig, a Dane who served the King of England, Æthelred the Unready, as e ...
(died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark
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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
Gunnhildr konungamóðir (''mother of kings'') or Gunnhildr Gormsdóttir, whose name is often Anglicised as Gunnhild (c. 910 – c. 980), is a quasi-historical figure who appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was ...
, wife of Erik Bloodaxe
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Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden
See also
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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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Gunhild (clothing), a French clothing brand
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Gunilda, a steel yacht which sank on
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. Lake Michigan–Huron has a larger combined surface area than Superior, but is normally considered tw ...
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Domina Gunilda, a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
* The name of the London area "
Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury is an area of West London, England.
Toponymy
The name "Gunnersbury" originally meant "Gunner's (Gunnar's) fort", and is a combination of an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -''bury'', meaning, "fort", or "fortified ...
" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name +
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English pe ...
-''bury'', manor or manor house.
[Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. . .]
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Gunnel, Swedish name derived from Gunhild
References
External links
Nomina • Historiska MuseetGunilda - Nordic Names
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