hildr
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See also: Hildr
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hildiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hildr f (genitive hildar, dative hildi, plural hildar)
- battle
- verse 155 of the Hávamál (1908 translation by Olive Bray)
- und randir ek gel / en þeir með ríki fara / heilir hildar til / heilir hildi frá / koma þeir heilir hvaðan
- I sing 'neath the shields, / and they fare forth mightily / safe into battle, / safe out of battle, / and safe return from the strife.
- verse 155 of the Hávamál (1908 translation by Olive Bray)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hildr (strong ijō-stem)
References[edit]
- “hildr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press