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'''Gunhild''' (with variants '''Gundhild''', '''Gunhilda''', '''Gunhilde''', '''Gunhjild''', '''Gunilda''', '''Gunnhild''', '''Gunnhildr''', '''Gunnhildur''') is a [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] feminine [[given name]] composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). It may refer to:
*{{ill|Gunhild (Danish queen)|da|Gunhild (dansk dronning)}}, allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth
*[[Gunhild of Wenden]], wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
* [[Gunhilde]] (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard
*[[Gunhild of Wessex]], (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
*[[Gunhild Carling]], Swedish jazz musician
*[[Gunhild Kyle]] (1921–2016), Swedish historian
*[[Gunhild Rosén]] (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
*[[891 Gunhild]], an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
*[[Gunhilda of Denmark]], daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
*[[Gunhilde]], sister of Sweyn I of Denmark, wife of Pallig Tokesen
*[[Gun#Etymology|Domina Gunilda]], a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
*[[Gunnhild, Mother of Kings]], wife of Erik Bloodaxe
*[[Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir]], queen consort of Denmark and Sweden
In the masculine form, Gunnhildus, it is attested from earlier times.
*[[Flavius Paulus|Gunnhildus]], [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] [[bishop of Maguelonne]].
==See also==
*'''[[gunhild (clothing)|gunhild]]''', a French clothing brand
* The name of the London area "[[Gunnersbury]]" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + [[Middle English]] -''bury'', manor or manor house.<ref>Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-19-852758-9}}. {{ISBN|0-19-852758-6}}.</ref>
*'''''[[Gunilda]]''''', a steel yacht which sank on [[Lake Superior]].
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://historiska.se/nomina/?nomina_name=Gunh Nomina • Historiska Museet]
*[https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Gunilda Gunilda - Nordic Names]
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