Gunnar

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
8/26/2016, 12:51 PM	Mike C	update #92
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	update #85
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Norse Mythology

Pronounced Pron. /ˈɡɵn.nar/(Swedish) /ˈɡʉn.nɑɾ/(Norwegian) /ˈɡʏn.nar/(Icelandic)

Meaning & History

From the Old Norse name Gunnarr, which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and herr "army, warrior" (making it a cognate of Gunther). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.