Grimnir

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Etymology

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

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Grimnir

  1. (Norse mythology) Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
    Synonym: Grim
    • 2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, Hollow Earth Publishing, page 116:
      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.
    • 2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67:
      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.
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