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“god” + “beautiful”
/ˈɡʉː.ri/ · Norwegian Bokmål
01 / Meaning & origin
Gudrid is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Guðríðr, from the components “god” + “beautiful”.
Meaning: “god” + “beautiful”
From Old Norse Guðríðr, from Guðfríðr, from guð (“god”) + fríðr (“beautiful”). Cognate with Faroese Guðrið and Icelandic Guðríður.
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Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk.
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04 / Through time
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GUDRID— “divine impulse”
Gudfinn and Gudfinna must be reminiscences of Finn, whom we shall often meet in the North. Gudrid and Gudridur mean the divine shock or passion, from the word _hrid_ or _hrith_, one that is constantly to be met with as a termination in northern names, and which has sometimes been taken for the same as _frid_, with the aspirate instead of the _f_. Guri is the contraction.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section I (Guth) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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