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) and Unnur (Modern Icelandic). It is sometimes rendered as Aud, Audr, or Unn in English and in other languages.
People and characters from medieval sources edit
- Auðr (mythology), 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 edit
- Auður Auðuns (1911–1999), lawyer and politician
- Auður Laxness (1918–2012), writer and craftsperson
- Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958), writer and professor of art history
- Auður Jónsdóttir (born 1973), writer
Organisations edit
- Auður Capital, financial service company
- Nidingr (band), a band formerly known as Audr
See also edit
- Unnur, a given name
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