Guðrøðr
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Guðrøðr is a masculine Old Norse
personal name
. The name is rendered in Old Irish and Middle Irish as Gofraid
; a later form of this Gaelic name is Gofraidh
. A Latinised form of the Old Norse name is Godred.
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
. The name is rendered in Old Irish and Middle Irish as Gofraid
Gofraid
Gofraid is a masculine given name in the Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages.Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse Guðfriðr, and Guðrøðr. Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey or Geoffrey...
; a later form of this Gaelic name is Gofraidh
Gofraidh
Gofraidh is a masculine given name in the Irish language. It is derived from the Old French Godefroy. A variant spelling of the Irish Gofraidh is Goffraid.-List of people with the given name:...
. A Latinised form of the Old Norse name is Godred.
Persons with the name
- Guðröðr of ScaniaGuðröðr of ScaniaGuðröðr was a legendary 7th century Scanian king who according to the Ynglinga saga was the brother of Halfdan the Valiant, Ivar Vidfamne's father....
, 7th century ScaniaScaniaScania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
n king - Guthred, king of YorkYorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
(d. 895) - Gofraid ua ÍmairGofraid ua ÍmairGofraid was a Norse-Gael king of Dublin and, for a short time, king of Northumbria...
(d. 934) - Gofraid mac SitriucGofraid mac SitriucGofraid mac Sitriuc , in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson, was King of Dublin. He was the son of Sihtric ua Ímair and a great-grandson of Ímar, founder of the Uí Ímair kindred which dominated much of the Norse-Gael and Scandinavianised parts of Britain and Ireland in the 10th century.Gofraid became...
(d. 951) - Guðrøðr Haraldsson (d. 989)
- Guðrøðr Crovan (d. 1095)
- Guðrøðr Óláfsson (d. 1187)
- Gofraid DonnGofraid DonnGofraid mac Ragnaill was a 13th century Hebridean king, who descended from a long line of kings who ruled the Hebrides and the Isle of Man...
(ruled c. 1231)
Other
- Godred, the name of an engine on the Culdee Fell RailwayCuldee Fell RailwayThe Culdee Fell Railway is a fictional narrow gauge rack and pinion railway appearing in the book Mountain Engines written by the Rev. W. Awdry. The stories are based on incidents in the history of the Snowdon Mountain Railway....
in the stories of the Rev. W. Awdry