Unreferenced date December 2009 Gunnar or Gunner is a valkyrie in Norse mythology . Her name means battle and is cognate with the English word gun . She rode a wolf and took part in selecting the dead warriors together with two other Valkyries in order to bring them to Valhalla. R k Stone The earliest attestation of the name is on the R k Stone where it occurs as part of a kenning for wolf at sagum tvalfta, hvar h st small R small se Gunna small R small etu vettvangi a, kununga small R small tvai small R small tigi small R small sva a liggia. Translation I say this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie... Poetic Edda V lusp Gunnr is also mentioned in V lusp S hon valkyrjur v tt um komnar g rvar at r a til Go j ar Skuld h lt skildi, en Sk gul nnur, Gunnr, Hildr, G ndul ok Geirsk gul n eru tal ar n nnur Herjans, g rvar at r a grund valkyrjur. Darra arlj And in Darra arlj Vindum, vindum vef darra ar ok siklingi s an fylgjum ar sj bragna bl gar randir Gu r ok G ndul, er grami hl f u. Prose Edda In the Prose Edda Gunnr is singled out along with R ta and Skuld Norse Mythology Skuld as one of the valkyries who always ride out to choose the slain and decide battles Gu r ok R ta ok norn in yngsta, er Skuld heitir, r a jafnan at kj sa val ok r a v gum. Valkyries Category Valkyries es Gunnr pt Gunnr ... more details
Infobox given name name Gun image imagesize caption pronunciation gender Female meaning region origin related names footnotes Gun or Gunn is an old name formed from gunnr battle and is cognate with the Old English word g . Gunnr is one of the valkyrie s. The equivalent male name is Gunnar . The earliest attestation of the name is on the R k Stone where it occurs as part of a kenning for wolf I say this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie... Gun is the 56th most common female name in Sweden as of December 31, 2008 ref http www.scb.se Pages TableAndChart 31043.aspx Given names, women statistics from Statistics Sweden ref , when 34,655 living people were named Gun in Sweden. ref http www.scb.se Pages TableAndChart 31043.aspx Name statistics at Statistics Sweden ref Famous Guns Missing image removed Image Gun Hellsvik.jpg thumb right Gun Hellsvik Gun Adler , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0012158 Gun Andersson , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0027678 Gun Arvidsson , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0038111 Gun Carlson , politician Gun Fors , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0286764 Gun Hellberg , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0375200 Gun Hellsvik , Swedish minister for Justice Gun Holmquist , actress http akas.imdb.com name nm0392160 Gun Holmqvist , actress http akas.imdb.com name nm1592215 Gun J nsson , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0433636 Gun Kessle , artist, married to Jan Myrdal Gun Lund , dancer and choreographer Gun Robertson , actress http www.imdb.com name nm0731858 Gun Skoogberg , ballerina Gun Chartree Sithananun , Thai guitarist References references General Sources http www.viking.no e heritage e viking given names.htm English etymology of Norse names, referencing other names with gunnr root http www.svenskanamn.se name page.asp?ID 26898 Swedish language source Category Given names no Gunn nn Gunn sv Gun ... more details
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin Gunnarr in Old Norse ref http www.behindthename.com name gunnar Behind the Name Gunnar ref The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier and attacker,but mostly is referred to by the viking saying which mean Brave and Bold warrior gunnr war and arr warrior . Gunder disambiguation Gunder is a Danish variant, G nther disambiguation G nther is the modern German variant. Some people with the name Gunnar include Gunnar van de Ven , Dutch Bots Developer Gunnar Andersson , Swedish football player Gunnar Asplund , Swedish architect Gunnar Berg composer Gunnar Berg Scouting Gunnar Berg painter Gunnar Berg politician Gunnar Berge , Norwegian politician Gunnar Bergenholtz , Swedish endodontologist Gunnar Bj rnstrand , Swedish actor Gunnar Ekel f , Swedish poet Gunnar Fant , Swedish pioneer of speech synthesis Gunnar Emil Garfors 1900 1979 , Norwegian poet Gunnar Gren , Swedish football player Gunnar H mundarson , 10th century Icelandic chieftain Gunnar Hansen , Icelandic actor Gunnar Hecker NASKA National Sport Karate Fighting Champion Gunnar Jarring , Swedish diplomat Gunnar Johansson footballer Gunnar Johansson psychophysicist Gunnar Mitstifer Youtuber Gunnar Knudsen , Norwegian politician Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish economist Gunnar Nelson , American musician Gunnar Nielsen athlete , Danish athlete Gunnar Nilsson , Swedish racing driver Gunnar Nordahl , Swedish football player Gunnar Persson , Swedish cartoonist Gunnar Thoresen footballer , Norwegian football player Gunnar Bollason V vab nt , Icelandic body builder A variant name for Gunther , king of the Burgundians Burgundian s References references given name Category Scandinavian masculine given names ca Gunnar da Gunnar de Gunnar is Gunnar it Gonario no Gunnar nn Gunnar pl Ginter pt Gunnar fi Gunnar sv Gunnar ... more details
Gunn may refer to General uses Gunn High School , high school in Palo Alto, California Gunnr , one of the valkyries in Norse mythology Gunn diode , diode used in high frequency electronics Clan Gunn , Highland Scots clan of Norse origin Floyd M. Gunn Jr. High School , a junior high school in Arlington, Texas Gunns , Tasmanian company Places Gunn City, Missouri Lake Gunn, New Zealand Gunn, Northern Territory , outer suburb of Darwin, in the City of Palmerston Local Government Area Gunn Valley , a mountain valley in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada Gun Lake British Columbia , a lake in the Bridge River Country of the British Columbia Interior, also formerly spelled Gunn Lake People Alexander Gunn , Canadian politician Anna Gunn , Actress Anton Gunn , American politician Battiscombe Gunn , egyptologist Ben Gunn, fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island Ben Gunn guitarist , British guitarist with The Sisters of Mercy Brian Gunn , television and film writer Bryan Gunn , Scottish footballer Chanda Gunn , 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist Charles Gunn , fictional character from the television series Angel David Gunn disambiguation Donald Gunn , Manitoba politician Genni Gunn , Canadian novelist, poet, and translator Graham Gunn , Australian politician J. B. Gunn , physicist, inventor of the Gunn diode James Gunn disambiguation Jason Gunn , New Zealand television personality Jeannie Gunn , Mrs Aeneas Gunn Australian novelist John Gunn disambiguation Moira Gunn , radio host Moses Gunn , actor Neil M. Gunn , Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist Nathan Gunn , opera baritone Richard Gunn , writer Richard Gunn , boxer Ronald Campbell Gunn , botanist Sean Gunn , actor Tim Gunn , designer Thom Gunn , British poet Trey Gunn , bass guitarist with the band King Crimson William Gunn , disambiguation Television and film Peter Gunn , 1958 1963 American television series about a private detective of the same name Gunn ... more details
Infobox UK place official name Gunstone country England population population ref os grid reference map type Staffordshire latitude 52.6389 longitude 2.1900 post town Wolverhampton shire district South Staffordshire region West Midlands shire county Staffordshire constituency westminster postcode district WV8 postcode area WV dial code 01902 Gunstone is a hamlet in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire , England . It is situated north east of the village of Codsall . Place name and location The place name Gunstone was first recorded in 1186 as Gonestona . Toponymists have the name coming from a combination of an Old Norse personal name Gunni or Gunnr , with Old English t n , giving the enclosure or farmstead of Gunni. ref A Survey and Analysis of the Place Names of Staffordshire David Horovitz 2003 ref In Anglo Saxon England early English times, Gunstone sat just a few miles south of border of the Danelaw at Watling Street the area of England under Danish control which may explain the name. The settlement is based around Whitehouse Lane, with Pendeford in Wolverhampton to the east and Codsall Wood to the west. The Moat Brook, a tributary of the River Penk , passes through Gunstone, occasionally flooding sections of Whitehouse Lane after a period of sustained rain. ref http www.codsallparishcouncil.co.uk Minutes 080827p.htm Flooding to Whitehouse Lane ref A Roman road ran south through this area from Pennocrucium in the direction of Greensforge . Today File Whitehouse Lane, Gunstone.jpg thumb left 250px Whitehouse Lane, Gunstone Gunstone hasn t changed much in the 20th Century and is still very much a rural hamlet flanked by fields and farms despite its proximity to nearby Wolverhampton 2 miles from the city s north western border . The http www.gunstonehallequestrian.com Gunstone Hall Riding Centre is based here, ran by husband and wife team, Samantha and William Fish. ref http www.gunstonehallequestrian.com about us 1.html ref Alongside the Staffordshir ... more details
In Norse mythology , R ta is a valkyrie . R ta is attested in chapter 36 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning , where she is mentioned alongside the valkyries Gunnr and Skuld Norse Mythology Skuld , and the three are described as always riding to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings. ref name FAULKES31 Faulkes 1995 31 . ref Otherwise, R ta appears in two kenning s, one by Egill Skallagr msson and one by Hallfre r vandr ask ld . ref Finnur J nsson . Lexicon Poeticum. http www.septentrionalia.net lex index2.php?book e&page 178&ext png ref Theories have been proposed about the possible appearance of R ta in Gesta Danorum and the meaning of her name. Theories Name According to Gu brandur Vigf sson , the name R ta is connected to the Old Norse noun r ta meaning sleet and storm and R ta is a goddess who sends storm and rain. ref name VIGFUSSON503 Vigfusson 1874 503 . ref Gesta Danorum In book two of Gesta Danorum , a female by the name of Ruta is mentioned blockquote Arise too, Ruta, and show your snow pale head, come forth from hiding and issue into battle. The outdoor carnage beckons you fighting now shakes the court, harsh strife batters the gates. ref name DAVIDSONFISHERI59 Davidson, Fisher 2008 I 59 . ref blockquote Axel Olrik considered this as an isolated reference to Hr lfr Kraki s widow Hrut mourning on the battlefield with blond hair. Hilda Ellis Davidson says it seems more probable that it is a reference to the deathly pale head of the valkyrie, the spirit brooding over the battlefield personifying slaughter, who is summoned at the outset of battle. Davidson points out that R ta is the name of a valkyrie, and that it seems preferable to assume this to Olrik s theory. Davidson says that while this is, however, complicated by an earlier mention in book two of Hr lfr Kraki s sister and B dvar Bjarki s wife Hrut , yet this Hrut is not found elsewhere as a female name. ref name DAVIDSONFISHERII47 48 Davidson, Fisher 2008 II 45 and 47 48 . ref In book ... more details
this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie. This I ... , Gunnr and the Norse mythology Norse god Thor , the people and mythological creatures mentioned ... more details
debt or future who bore a shield , Sk gul shaker , Gunnr war , Hildr battle , G ndul wand wielder ... 7, Sigr n uses the phrase fed the goose gosling of Gunn s sisters . Gunnr and her sisters are valkyries ... and they determine who has victory . High adds that Gunnr war ref name ORCHARD194 , R ta , and Skuld ... manner orbj rn Hornklofi uses Sk gul s din for battlefield , Bersi Sk ldtorfuson uses Gunnr s fire ..., where the horse of the Valkyrie literally the horse of Gunnr Gunn sees food on the battlefield ... more details
s name Ulf means wolf, while the son Gunnulf s name combines gunnr to make war wolf. ref name Dict ... Gunnvaldr in the inscription combines gunnr meaning war and valdr meaning wielder or keeper, while the name ... more details
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