Hrímnir, the Glossary
Hrímnir (Old Norse) is a jǫtunn in Norse mythology.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Alliteration, Örvar-Oddr, Fairy tale, Frigg, Gríms saga loðinkinna, Heiðr, Hljod, Hyndluljóð, Jötunn, Kristni saga, Matter of Britain, Nafnaþulur, Norse mythology, Old Norse, Prose Edda, Rerir, Skírnismál, The Sea-Maiden, Völsung, Völsunga saga.
Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels, if the syllables in question do not start with a consonant.
Örvar-Oddr
Örvar-Oddr (Ǫrvar-Oddr, "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga in the latter part of the 13th century.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre.
Frigg
Frigg (Old Norse) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology.
Gríms saga loðinkinna
Gríms saga loðinkinna, or The Saga of Grim Shaggy-Cheek is one of the legendary sagas.
See Hrímnir and Gríms saga loðinkinna
Heiðr
Heiðr (also rendered Heid, Hed, Heith, Hetha etc, from the Old Norse adjective meaning "bright" or the noun meaning "honour") is a Norse female personal name.
Hljod
Hljod or Ljod (Old Norse: Hljóð) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.
Hyndluljóð
Hyndluljóð (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Hyndla') is an Old Norse poem often considered a part of the Poetic Edda.
Jötunn
A jötunn (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn; or, in Old English, eoten, plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. Hrímnir and jötunn are Jötnar.
Kristni saga
Kristni saga ("the book of Christianity") is an Old Norse account of the Christianization of Iceland in the 10th century and of some later church history.
Matter of Britain
The Matter of Britain (matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.
See Hrímnir and Matter of Britain
Nafnaþulur
Nafnaþulur (Old Norse) is a subsection of the Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál.
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
See Hrímnir and Norse mythology
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.
Rerir
In Völsunga saga, Rerir, the son of Sigi, succeeds his murdered father and avenges his death.
Skírnismál
Skírnismál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Skírnir', but in the Codex Regius known as Fǫr Skírnis ‘Skírnir’s journey’) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda.
The Sea-Maiden
The Sea-Maiden (A Mhaighdean Mhara) is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing his informant as John Mackenzie, fisherman, near Inverary.
See Hrímnir and The Sea-Maiden
Völsung
Völsung (Vǫlsungr, Wæls) is a figure in Germanic mythology, where he is the eponymous ancestor of the Völsung family (Vǫlsungar, Wælsings), which includes the hero Sigurð.
Völsunga saga
The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild and the destruction of the Burgundians).