In Norse mythology, Óðr (Old Norse for the "Divine Madness, frantic, furious, vehement, eager", as a noun "mind, feeling" and also "song, poetry"; Orchard (1997) gives "the frenzied one"Orchard (1997:121).) or Óð, sometimes anglicized as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja. Ullr and Óðr are Æsir and Norse gods.

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Øvre Eiker

Øvre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

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Ýdalir

In Norse mythology, Ýdalir ("yew-dales".) is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god Ullr.

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Þórsdrápa

Þórsdrápa (also Thorsdrapa; Old Norse: 'The Lay of Thor') is a skaldic poem by Eilífr Goðrúnarson, a poet in the service of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson.

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Benjamin Thorpe

Benjamin Thorpe (1782 – 19 July 1870) was an English scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature.

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Breckenridge, Colorado

Breckenridge is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, United States.

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Breton language

Breton (brezhoneg or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France.

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Bro, Stockholm

Bro is a locality situated in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 7,050 inhabitants in 2010.

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Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield).

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Cognate

In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.

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Compound (linguistics)

In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem.

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Croatian language

Croatian (hrvatski) is the standardised variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance.

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Divine twins

The Divine Twins are youthful horsemen, either gods or demigods, who serve as rescuers and healers in Proto-Indo-European mythology.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Egil, brother of Volund

Egil is a legendary hero of the Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga.

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Eilífr Goðrúnarson

Eilífr Goðrúnarson (Old Norse:; Modern Icelandic: Eilífur Goðrúnarson) was a late 10th-century skald, considered to be the author of the poem Þórsdrápa.

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Ernst Alfred Philippson

Ernst Alfred Philippson (6 April 1900 – 9 August 1993) was an American philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.

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Euhemerism

Euhemerism is an approach to the interpretation of mythology in which mythological accounts are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages.

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Eysteinn Björnsson

Eysteinn Björnsson (born Stöðvarfjörður January 9, 1942) is an Icelandic writer.

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Eysteinn Valdason

Eysteinn Valdason (Old Norse:; Modern Icelandic) was a 10th-century Icelandic skald.

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Filí

The (or filè), plural filid, filidh (or filès), was a member of an elite class of poets in Ireland, and later Scotland, up until the Renaissance.

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Finnur Jónsson

Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic-Danish philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen.

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Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn

Fjörgyn (or Jörð; Old Norse 'earth') is a personification of earth in Norse mythology, and the mother of the thunder god Thor, the son of Odin.

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Freyr

Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Ullr and Freyr are Æsir, Norse gods and sky and weather gods.

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Gabriel Turville-Petre

Edward Oswald Gabriel Turville-Petre (25 March 1908 – 17 February 1978) was an English philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

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Germanic paganism

Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples.

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Gesta Danorum

("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian").

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Glory (religion)

Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.

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Gothic language

Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths.

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Grímnismál

Grímnismál (Old Norse:; 'The Lay of Grímnir') is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.

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Gylfaginning

Gylfaginning (Old Norse: 'The Beguiling of Gylfi' or 'The Deluding of Gylfi'; 13th century Old Norse pronunciation) is the first main part of the 13th century Prose Edda, after the initial Prologue.

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Halland

Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden.

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Hammered (Hearne novel)

Hammered is the third novel in Kevin Hearne's urban fantasy series, The Iron Druid Chronicles and is the sequel to Hexed.

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Haustlöng

Haustlǫng (Old Norse: 'Autumn-long'; anglicized as Haustlöng) is a skaldic poem composed around the beginning of the 10th century by the Norwegian skald Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.

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Heathen hof

A heathen hof or Germanic pagan temple is a temple building of Germanic religion.

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Hemsedal

Hemsedal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

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Hole, Norway

Hole is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.

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Hordaland

Hordaland was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties.

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Icelandic language

Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.

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Jan de Vries (philologist)

Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (11 February 1890 – 23 July 1964) was a Dutch philologist, linguist, religious studies scholar, folklorist, educator, writer, editor and public official who specialized in Germanic studies.

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Jón Helgason (poet)

Jón Helgason (June 30, 1899 - January 19, 1986) was an Icelandic philologist and poet.

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Kenning

A kenning (Icelandic) is a figure of speech in the type of circumlocution, a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun.

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Laufás-Edda

Laufás-Edda (Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar) is a 17th-century redaction of the Snorra Edda, which survives in numerous Icelandic manuscripts.

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Magnus Olsen

Magnus Bernhard Olsen (28 November 1878 – 16 January 1963) was a Norwegian philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

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Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

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Middle Welsh

Middle Welsh (Cymraeg Canol, Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period.

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Mitra

Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: ''*mitrás'') is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra.

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Names of God in Old English poetry

In Old English poetry, many descriptive epithets for God were used to satisfy alliterative requirements.

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Nes, Akersh

Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.

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Nes, Innlandet

Nes is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway.

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Njörðr

In Norse mythology, Njörðr (Old Norse: Njǫrðr) is a god among the Vanir. Ullr and Njörðr are Norse gods and sky and weather gods.

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Nominative case

In grammar, the nominative case (abbreviated), subjective case, straight case, or upright case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb, or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a predicative nominal or adjective, as opposed to its object, or other verb arguments.

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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.

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North Germanic languages

The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages.

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Noun

In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.

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Odin

Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Ullr and Odin are Æsir, Hunting gods, Norse gods and sky and weather gods.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old Irish

Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann-Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.

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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.

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Old Norse orthography

The orthography of the Old Norse language was diverse, being written in both Runic and Latin alphabets, with many spelling conventions, variant letterforms, and unique letters and signs.

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Oliver Elton

Oliver Elton, FBA (3 June 1861 – 4 June 1945) was an English literary scholar whose works include A Survey of English Literature (1730–1880) in six volumes, criticism, biography, and translations from several languages including Icelandic and Russian.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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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.

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Proto-Celtic language

Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European.

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Proto-Germanic language

Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.

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Rennesøy

Rennesøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Rings in early Germanic cultures

A prominent position is held by rings in early Germanic cultures, appearing both in archaeology throughout areas settled by Germanic peoples, and in textual sources discussing their practices and beliefs.

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Ringsaker

is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Rudolf Simek

Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn.

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Saxo Grammaticus

Saxo Grammaticus, also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author.

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Sør-Odal

Sør-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Semantic change

Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage.

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Sif

In Norse mythology, Sif is a golden-haired goddess associated with earth.

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Skaði

In Norse mythology, Skaði (Old Norse:; sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Ullr and Skaði are Ice and snow deities and winter deities.

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Skald

A skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry.

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Skáldskaparmál

Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse: 'Poetic Diction' or 'The Language of Poetry') is the second part of the Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson.

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Ski patrol

Ski patrols are organizations that provide medical, rescue, and hazard prevention services to the injured in ski area boundaries, or sometimes beyond into backcountry settings.

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Skjeberg

Skjeberg is a district of Sarpsborg, Østfold County, Norway.

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Smite (video game)

Smite is a 2014 free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Spind

Spind is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway.

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Svipdagr

Svipdagr (Old Norse: "sudden day"Orchard (1997:157).) is the hero of the two Old Norse Eddaic poems Grógaldr and Fjölsvinnsmál, which are contained within the body of one work; Svipdagsmál.

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Talisman

A talisman is any object ascribed with religious or magical powers intended to protect, heal, or harm individuals for whom they are made.

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Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, northern Iran, and Southwest Asia.

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Týr

italic (Old Norse: Týr) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the Æsir and patron of warriors and mythological heroes. Ullr and Týr are Æsir and Norse gods.

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The Almighty Johnsons

The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand fantasy comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures and aired from 7 February 2011 to 23 September 2013.

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The Iron Druid Chronicles

The Iron Druid Chronicles is a series of urban fantasy novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories, written by Kevin Hearne and published by Del Rey Books.

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Theonym

A theonym (from Greek theos (Θεός), "god", attached to onoma (ὄνομα), "name") is a proper name of a deity.

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Thor

Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. Ullr and Thor are Æsir, Norse gods and sky and weather gods.

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Thorsberg chape

The Thorsberg chape (a bronze piece belonging to a scabbard) is an archeological find from the Thorsberg moor, Germany, that appears to have been deposited as a votive offering.

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Tim Balme

Timothy Guy Balme (born 18 January 1967) is a New Zealand actor and screenwriter.

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Torpa, Norway

Torpa (or historically Torpen) is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway.

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS) is a physics-based strategy video game developed and published by Landfall Games.

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Troms

Troms (Romsa; Tromssa; Tromssa) is a county in northern Norway.

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Ullared

Ullared is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 791 inhabitants in 2010.

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Ullava

Ullava is a former municipality of Finland.

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Ullånger

Ullånger is a locality situated in Kramfors Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 626 inhabitants in 2010.

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Ullensaker

Ullensaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.

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Ullensvang

Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

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Ulleråker Hundred

Ulleråker Hundred, or Ulleråkers härad, was a hundred of Uppland and Uppsala County in Sweden.

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Ullerøy

Ullerøy is a peninsula and urban area in the municipality of Sarpsborg in Østfold, Norway.

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Ullern

Ullern is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.

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Ullervad

Ullervad is a locality situated in Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.

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Ullevaal Stadion

Ullevaal Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway.

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Ullevi

Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (New Ullevi), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Ullsfjorden

or is a fjord in Troms county, Norway.

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Ullstämma

Ullstämma is a city district in the south of Linköping.

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Ultuna

Ultuna is a locality in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 449 inhabitants in 2017.

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Ulvik

Ulvik is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

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Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital.

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Vanir

In Norse mythology, the Vanir (Old Norse:, singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future.

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Varuna

Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water. Ullr and Varuna are sky and weather gods.

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Västergötland

Västergötland, also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.

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Västmanland

Västmanland is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden.

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Vågå

Vågå is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Vé (shrine)

In Germanic paganism, a vé (Old Norse) or wēoh (Old English) is a type of shrine, sacred enclosure or other place with religious significance.

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Vendel Period

In Swedish prehistory, the Vendel Period (Vendeltiden) appears between the Migration Period and the Viking Age.

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Vestre Moland

Vestre Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway.

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Viktor Rydberg

Abraham Viktor Rydberg (18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895.

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Voss

Voss is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway.

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Wayland the Smith

In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Wēland;, Velent; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; Wieland der Schmied; Wiolant; Galans (Galant) in Old French; italic from Wilą-ndz, lit. "crafting one") is a master blacksmith originating in Germanic heroic legend, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullr

Also known as Ollerus, Ulle, Uller, Ullinn, Ulr, Vuldr, Wuldor.

, Manuscript, Metonymy, Middle Welsh, Mitra, Names of God in Old English poetry, Nes, Akersh, Nes, Innlandet, Njörðr, Nominative case, Norse mythology, North Germanic languages, Noun, Odin, Old English, Old Irish, Old Norse, Old Norse orthography, Oliver Elton, Oslo, Patron saint, Prose Edda, Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Indo-European language, Rennesøy, Rings in early Germanic cultures, Ringsaker, Rudolf Simek, Saxo Grammaticus, Sør-Odal, Semantic change, Sif, Skaði, Skald, Skáldskaparmál, Ski patrol, Skjeberg, Smite (video game), Snorri Sturluson, Spind, Svipdagr, Talisman, Taxus baccata, Týr, The Almighty Johnsons, The Iron Druid Chronicles, Theonym, Thor, Thorsberg chape, Tim Balme, Torpa, Norway, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Troms, Ullared, Ullava, Ullånger, Ullensaker, Ullensvang, Ulleråker Hundred, Ullerøy, Ullern, Ullervad, Ullevaal Stadion, Ullevi, Ullsfjorden, Ullstämma, Ultuna, Ulvik, Uppland, Vanir, Varuna, Västergötland, Västmanland, Vågå, Vé (shrine), Vendel Period, Vestre Moland, Viktor Rydberg, Voss, Wayland the Smith.

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See also

Æsir

Hunting gods

Ice and snow deities

Mythological archers

Norse gods

Sports gods

Winter deities

References