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The name GEIRÞRÚÐR derives from GERTRUDE, and may have Old Norse, Ancient Germanic, English, or Dutch origins and have its roots in Christianity.
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and thrud "strength". Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play Hamlet (1600) for the mother of the title character. Another famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).
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