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Þrymskviða

Þrymskviða proper noun: the Lay of Thrym; a poem of the Poetic Edda.

Proper noun

Þrymskviða

  1. The Lay of Thrym; a poem of the Poetic Edda.
    • Do you dispute that there are plenty of Asatruar out there who can spout List at the drop of a rune, who couldn’t tell Þrymskviða from Vafþrúðnismál?1998 June 11, “rorik”, alt.religion.asatru (Google group): Discarding The Eddas (was:Re: Asatru/Norse Paganism)
    • Myth as therapy: the usefulness of Þrymskviða.2000, John McKinnell, Myth as therapy: the usefulness of Þrymskviða., main title (self-published)

Examples of Þrymskviða in a sentence

  • The Eyrarland image: Þrymskviða, stanzas 30–31.2001, Revere D. Perkins, The Eyrarland image: Þrymskviða, stanzas 30–31., main title (self-published)
  • “Þegi þú, Þórr!”: Gender, Class, and Discourse in Þrymskviða2002, Jón Karl Helgason, “Þegi þú, Þórr!”: Gender, Class, and Discourse in Þrymskviða, main title (self-published)
  • Freyja was still in Ásgarð. Þrymskviða tells another story, much funnier, but there too the marriage was never consumed.2006 May 4, “Ceddie”, alt.religion.asatru (Google group): On Polyonomy

Origin of Þrymskviða

Borrowed from Old Norse Þrymskviða.

Questions about Þrymskviða

What does Þrymskviða mean?
Þrymskviða means the Lay of Thrym; a poem of the Poetic Edda.
How do you use Þrymskviða in a sentence?
The Eyrarland image: Þrymskviða, stanzas 30–31.
What part of speech is Þrymskviða?
Þrymskviða is a proper noun.

Words near Þrymskviða in the dictionary

  1. Üsküdar
  2. þ
  3. þ's
  4. Þor
  5. þorn
  6. Þrymskviða
  7. þs
  8. þussies
  9. þussy
  10. Þórr
  11. ā

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Þrymskviða (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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