Atli

[ aht-lee ]

noun

, Scandinavian Legend.

1. Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.

Atli

/ ˈɑːtlɪ /

noun

1. Norse myth a king of the Huns who married Gudrun for her inheritance and was slain by her after he killed her brothers

Example Sentences

While Icelandic writer Jon Atli Jonassan found the 2009 run of his play The Deep helped him into filmmaking.

From BBC

Atli Ingolfsson — a former student and friend, who was among those I interviewed for my new book, “The Life and Music of Gérard Grisey: Delirium and Form” — noticed that the composer didn’t complain about the food, as he sometimes did, nor did the cigar smoke from the next table bother him, as it often would.

From New York Times

According to the firm's managing director Atli Gregersen this will reduce its transportation CO2 emissions by more than 90%.

From BBC

Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge’s “Walking” takes this message in a meditative direction, well captured by the gentle, ambling cadences of fellow Scandinavian Atli Gunnarsson.

From Seattle Times

Fishing is “dangerous work — I don’t want my kids to be at sea,” said Saethor Atli Gislason, standing on his fishing boat in Bolungarvik, a town roughly 10 miles north of Isafjordur.

From New York Times