Auður
Auður (Modern Icelandic spelling) or Auðr (Old Icelandic spelling) is an Old Norse-Icelandic female personal name. It also has the variant forms Unnr (Old Icelandic)/Unnur (modern Icelandic). It is sometimes rendered as Aud, Audr, or Unn in English and in other languages.
People and characters from medieval sources
- Auðr (mythological character), the son of Nótt and Naglfari in Snorra Edda
- Auðr in djúpauðga Ívarsdóttir, settler of Iceland
- Auðr in djúpauðga Ketilsdóttir (834-900 AD), the wife of Olaf the White of Dublin, "King" of Ireland
Post-medieval Icelandic women
- Auður Auðuns (1911-99), lawyer and politician
- Auður Laxness (1918-2012), writer and craftsperson
- Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958-), writer and professor of art history
- Auður Jónsdóttir (1973-), writer
Organisations
- Auður Capital, financial service company
- Nidingr (band), a band formerly known as Audr
See also
- Unnur, a given name
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