Grimnir
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).
Proper noun[edit]
Grimnir
- (Norse mythology) Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
- Synonym: Grim
- 2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67:
- To torture him into talking, the king strung Grimnir between two fires for eight nights.
King Geirrod had a ten-year-old son named after his brother, Agnar. Agnar gave Grimnir a whole horn to drink, saying it was wrong for his father to torture an innocent man.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
name used by Odin
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Further reading[edit]
- Grímnismál on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of names of Odin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia