Modgunn
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Old Norse Móðgunnr, Móðguðr, from móðr + gunnr (“battle; valkyrie”). Cognate with Faroese Móðgunn and Icelandic Móðgunnur.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editModgunn f (definite Modgunna)
- (Norse mythology) name of a goddess, the guardian of the Gjallarbrú
- a female given name from Old Norse
References
edit- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Modgunn”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
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- nn:Norse deities
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