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Muninn

Muninn proper noun: one of a pair of ravens, the other being Huginn, who fly throughout the entire world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.

Proper noun

Muninn

  1. (Norse) One of a pair of ravens, the other being Huginn, who fly throughout the entire world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.

Origin of Muninn

From Old Norse Muninn (“memory, mind”), from munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mind”).

Questions about Muninn

What does Muninn mean?
Muninn means one of a pair of ravens, the other being Huginn, who fly throughout the entire world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.
What part of speech is Muninn?
Muninn is a proper noun.

Words near Muninn in the dictionary

  1. munifies
  2. munify
  3. munifying
  4. muniment
  5. muniments
  6. Muninn
  7. Munipoor
  8. Munir
  9. Munira
  10. munirite
  11. Munirs

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