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Grimnir

Grimnir proper noun: odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).

Proper noun

Grimnir

  1. (Norse) Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
    • Grimnir taught Geirrodr how to unseat an opponent from his horse with a minimum amount of effort. And sometimes late in the evening Grimnir talked of Asgardr and the Æsir themselves, as if he had actually been there.2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, Hollow Earth Publishing, page 116
    • 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.2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67
    Synonyms:
    Grim

Synonyms of Grimnir

Origin of Grimnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).

Questions about Grimnir

What does Grimnir mean?
Grimnir means odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
What part of speech is Grimnir?
Grimnir is a proper noun.

Words near Grimnir in the dictionary

  1. grimmish
  2. Grimmond
  3. Grimmy
  4. grimness
  5. grimnesses
  6. Grimnir
  7. grimoire
  8. grimoires
  9. Grimoldby
  10. Grimoldbys
  11. grims

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