van

vanen (definite singular)
vaner (indefinite plural)
vanar (indefinite plural)
vanene (definite plural)
vanane (definite plural)


rise

risen (definite singular)
riser (indefinite plural)
risene (definite plural)

From Old Norse risi. Cognate with German Riese (“giant”).


elf

en-noun

elf (plural elves or (now nonstandard) elfs)

elves (plural)
elfs (nonstandard plural)

A Dictionary of the English Language
Andrew Brice
Edmund Spenser
John Dryden
Laurence Eusden
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver and Boyd
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Peter Heylyn
Sabine Baring-Gould
Sidney Lanier
Thomas Nashe
elf

→ Arabic: إِلْف (ʔilf)

→ Dutch: elf

→ French: elfe

→ German: Elf, Elfe

→ Japanese: エルフ (erufu)

→ Korean: 엘프 (elpeu)

→ Russian: эльф (elʹf)

→ Ukrainian: ельф (elʹf)

From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf and oaf.

[…] if theyr children at any time vvere frowarde and vvanton, they would ſay to them that the Guelfe or the Gibeline came. VVhich vvords novve from them (as many thinge els) be come into our vſage, and for Guelfes and Gibelines, we ſay Elfes & Goblins.

1579, E. K., “[Iune. Ægloga Sexta.] Glosse.”, in Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 25, recto:

The man whom heauens haue ordaynd to bee / The ſpouſe of Britomart, is Arthegall: / He wonneth in the land of Fayeree, / Yet is no Fary borne, ne ſib at all / To Elfes, but ſprong of ſeed terreſtriall, / And whylome by falſe Faries ſtolne away, / Whyles yet in infant cradle he did crall; / Ne other to himſelfe is knowne this day, / But that he by an Elfe was gotten of a Fay.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 433:

Their Robbin-good-fellowes, Elfes, Fairies, Hobgoblins of our latter age, which idolatrous former daies and the fantasticall world of Greece ycleaped Fawnes, Satyres, Dryades & Hamadryades, did most of their merry prankes in the Night.

1594, Tho[mas] Nashe, The Terrors of the Night or, A Discourse of Apparitions, London: […] Iohn Danter for William Iones, […]:

Every elf, and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

[…] I had rather have a Child which my Wife ſhould bring me, though by another man, then to have a Changeling brought me by a company of Fairies, Elfs and Goblins: […]

1649, ΕΙΚΩΝ Ἡ ΠΙΣΤΗ. Or, The Faithfull Pourtraicture of a Loyall Subject, in Vindication of ΕΙΚΏΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΉ. […], page 16:

The quarrel ſpreading into parties, called the Guelfs and the Gibellines, became at laſt the wonder and amazement of all good people: inſomuch as ſome are of opinion, that the fiction of the Elfs and Goblins, wherewith we uſe to fright young children, was derived from hence.

1657, Peter Heylyn, Cosmographie in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and All the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles Thereof., 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Seile, […], page 131:

The opinion of Fairies and Elfs is very old, and yet ſticketh very religiously in the minds of ſome. But to root that rank opinion of Elfs out of mens hearts, the truth is, that there be no ſuch things, nor yet the ſhadows of the things, but only by a ſort of bald Friers and knaviſh ſhavelings ſo faigned; […]

1678, The Shepherds Calendar: Containing Twelve Æglogues, Proportionable to the Twelve Months. […], London: […] Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, […], page 26:

For there and ſeveral other places / About mill dams and green brae faces, / Both Elrich, Elfs and Brownies ſtayed, / And Green gown’d Farries daunc’d and played; […]

a. 1690, William Cleland, A Collection of Several Poems and Verses, Composed upon Various Occasions, published 1697, page 59:

IN Days of Old when Arthur fill’d the Throne, / Whoſe Acts and Fame to Foreign Lands were blown; / The King of Elfs and little Fairy Queen / Gamboll’d on Heaths, and danc’d on ev’ry Green.

1700, [John] Dryden, “The Wife of Bath Her Tale [by Geoffrey Chaucer]”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 479:

This Juno heard; And ſhall ſuch Elfs, ſhe cry’d, / Diſpute my Juſtice, or my Pow’r deride?

1717, Laurence Eusden, “Book IV. [The Transformation of the Theban Matrons.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 127:

[…]the Devaſtations under the Goths, Guelphs, and Gibelines [whence ſome would derive the Terms of Elfs (or Elves) or Fairies, and Goblins (or Hobgoblins) or Spectres, &c.] […]

1760, Andrew Brice, “TUSCANY”, in The Grand Gazetteer; or, Topographic Dictionary, &c., page 1322, column 1:

Farefolkis, fairies, elfs, or elves; […]

1802, J[ames] Sibbald, “Glossary; or An Explanation of Ancient Scottish Words”, in Chronicle of Scottish Poetry; from the Thirteenth Century, to the Union of the Crowns: To Which Is Added a Glossary, volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [F]or J. Sibbald, […], [b]y C. Stewart & Co. […]:

These Picts are the Clan Alpin, the Alps, or Elfs or Elves,—[…]

1850, Matthew Stewart, Remarks on the Subject of Language, with Some Observations in the Form of Notes, Illustrative of the Information Which Language May Afford of the History and Opinions of Mankind, London: […] Richard and John Edward Taylor, […], for, […] the Author, page 14:

Prithee, young one, who art thou, and what has ailed thy mother to bedizen thee in this strange fashion? Art thou a Christian child,—ha? Dost know thy catechism? Or art thou one of those naughty elfs or fairies, whom we thought to have left behind us, with other relics of Papistry, in merry old England?

1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Elf-Child and the Minister”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 130:

The next species of these airy nothings are the elfs, or elves; […]

1852, William Bell, Shakespeare’s Puck, and His Folkslore, Illustrated from the Superstitions of All Nations, but More Especially from the Earliest Religion and Rites of Northern Europe and the Wends, London, page 58:

The Arbhus became in Teutonic mythology the Alben, Elben or Elfen, our Elfs, and in Scandinavian the Alfar.

1868, S[abine] Baring-Gould, “The Piper of Hameln”, in Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, second series, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co.; London: Rivingtons, page 173:

The elfs or elves were inhabitants of the fields and groves, the progenitors of the fairies of the middle ages; […]

1868, David Hume, William Cooke Stafford, The History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, volume I, London, New York, N.Y.: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, page 53, column 1:

Since you’ve been out, the news arrives / The Elfs’ Insurance Company’s gone.

1877, Sidney Lanier, “The Hard Times in Elfland. A Story of Christmas Eve.”, in [Mary Lanier], editor, Poems of Sidney Lanier, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1884, page 159:

Eve, Danish legend of her concealing her unwashed children, from whom come elfs, trolls, &c.

1879, William Henderson, “Index”, in Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders. […], London: […] [F]or the Folk-Lore Society by W. Satchell, Peyton and Co., […], page 364:

Much of fairy lore clusters around the so-called fairy rings, that is, the green circles in old pastures within which the elfs were supposed to dance at night by the light of the moon.

1889 May, “[Literary Notices.] The Folk-Lore of Plants. By T. F. Thiselton Dyer. […]”, in Popular Science, page 128, column 1:

NAT,[…]; a term applied to all spiritual beings, angels, elfs, demons, or what not, including the gods of the Hindus.

1903, Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell, “NAT, s.”, in edited by William Crooke, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, London: John Murray, […], page 619, column 2:

Elfs and fays, from their haunts in the mountains, whistle their eerie ballads above the gray roof of “Dove Cottage,” and dance their ghostly jigs on the huge hearthstone, among whose blazing logs the Fire God paints his immortal canvases, with colorings splendid beyond the dream of man.

1917 November, Elizabeth Clendenning Ring, “Florence Earle Coates: Some Phases of Her Life and Poetry”, in The Book News Monthly, volume 36, page 109, column 1:

Alfs [elfs]: Another name for the elfs or elves.

2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, Hollow Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 254:

(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.

elf

Norse mythology: luminous spirit dwelling in Álfheim


elf

head

elf m (masculine plural elf, feminine singular elfa, feminine plural elfe)

elf (masculine plural)
elfa (feminine singular)
elfe (feminine plural)


way

From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via.

don't let the door hit you on the way out

have one's head screwed on the right way

his driveway doesn't go all the way to the road

one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top

the real treasure is the friends we made along the way

there's more than one way to cook an egg

there's more than one way to crack an egg

there's more than one way to peel an orange

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)

(Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

usko

paganism: dedication to a specific deity or craft


dis

In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.

1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:

A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir

1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113:

Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.

1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67:

(Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.


dis

disa (definite singular)
diser (indefinite plural)
disene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dís f, form Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“(demi-)goddess; virgin”)


band

bands (genitive)
bǫnd (plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandit (definite nominative singular)
bǫnd (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫndin (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandit (accusative definite singular)
bǫnd (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫndin (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinu (dative definite singular)
bǫndum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫndunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

band

Icelandic: band

Faroese: band

Norwegian Nynorsk: band

→ Norwegian Bokmål: band

Swedish: band

Danish: bånd

Norwegian Bokmål: bånd

Svá skyldi goð gjalda,
gram reki bǫnd af lǫndum,
reið sé rǫgn ok Óðinn,
rôn míns féar hônum;[…]

c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21

So shall the gods repay him—may the gods drive the ruler from the land; may the divine powers be wroth, and Odin—for the plunder of my wealth.

(plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods


Thor

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.

1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:

(Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.

A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.


Thor

de-proper noun

Thor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Thors)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar, itself a learned borrowing from Old High German.

(Norse mythology) Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology


einherjar

From Old Norse einherjar (plural, literally “lone fighters”) (rarely attested singular einheri).

bor

(Norse mythology) The warriors who died fighting bravely and were brought by valkyries to Valhalla, where they feast and prepare for Ragnarok.


einherjar

Icelandic: einherjar

Faroese: einherjar

Norwegian Nynorsk: einherjar

Swedish: einhärjar, enhärjar

Danish: einherjer, enherjer

Norwegian Bokmål: einherjer

→ English: einherjar

From Old Norse einn (“one; lone, single”) + herjar (“army”, pl.).

com

(Norse mythology) the einherjar, dead warriors in Valhalla


kraken

kraken (nominative singular)
krakena (genitive singular)
krakenowi (dative singular)
krakena (accusative singular)
krakenem (instrumental singular)
krakenie (locative singular)
krakenie (singular vocative)


Ragnarok

/ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɒk/

/ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɔk/

Borrowed from Old Norse ragnarǫk (modern Icelandic ragnarök), from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

Wilhelmina weeps, now and then, with her good Sonsfeld; hopes nevertheless there will be some dawn to this ragnarök, or general ‘twilight of the gods.’

1858, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VIII, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 274:

And all that is before them and the whole civilised world, would be long centuries of anarchy such as the world has not seen for ages—a true Ragnarok, a twilight of the very gods, an age such as the wise woman foretold in the old Voluspà.

1902, Charles Kingsley, “Ancient Civilisation”, in Historical Lectures and Essays, Macmillan and Co.:

But this heaven was not to last forever. Some day would come Ragnarok, or the Twilight of the Gods, when all creation would be destroyed, and all the Gods and men save Alfadur perish. Surtur, after killing the last of these Gods, would burn up the world.

1916 February, H. P. Lovecraft, “The Teuton's Battle-Song”, in United Amateur:

(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.


Ragnarok

/ʁɐ.ɡi.nɐˈɾɔk/

[ʁɐ.ɣi.nɐˈɾɔk]

(Norse mythology) Ragnarok (end of the world in Norse mythology)


hearth

From Middle English herth, herthe, from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd.

der

Asatru is practised all over Northern Europe and also in North America. Like Druidry, it is organized into bodies with sub-groups, the hearths.

1996, Vivianne Crowley, Thorsons principles of paganism, page 50:

Smaller localized groups known as 'hearths' meet regularly, and are comparable, in size and function, with a Wiccan 'Coven' or Druidic 'Grove'.

2003 December 8, Robert J. Wallis, Shamans/neo-Shamans: Ecstasy, Alternative Archaeologies, and Contemporary Pagans, page 102:

Neopagan groups take many forms, from Wiccan covens to Druid groves, from Heathen hearths to magical lodges[…]

2004 March 1, Peter Clarke, editor, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, page 768:

(Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.


Baldur

But the fate of Baldur, the most amiable and beloved of Asa gods, is, we think, by far the most pleasing of the Scandinavian Myths, although less characteristic of the warlike temper just mentioned than some of the others.

1836, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 16, page 443:

In the god Baldur the legend recognizes the god of the earth-sun, the earth force. No being of the earth can approach him with hostility. Hence also the god whom the German legend knew to be a straggler, namely Loki, cannot kill Baldur with anything belonging to the earth; he has to kill him with a branch of mistletoe, because this is a stranger among the creations of the earth, and for this reason can serve the straggler, Loki, who is not related to the earth gods.

1993, Rudolf Steiner, Apocalypse of Saint John, page 99:

1997, Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity, A.D. 590—1093, unnumbered page,
A transition from the myth of Baldur to the gospel of Christ cannot have been very difficult to the Scandinavian imagination; and, indeed, it is apparent that the first ideas which the Scandinavian heathens formed of the “White Christ” were influenced by their ideas of Baldur.

The variety of myths prohibits a single answer, but of biblical myths and myths such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, Baldur’s death, the love of Isis and Osiris, and Prometheus, it is accurate to say that they "are marked by their relevance to men's questions about their nature and place in the universe."

2008, Alan Gregory, Quenching Hell: The Mystical Theology of William Law, page 84:

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of light and purity, a son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.


Baldur

Baldur (indefinite nominative)
Baldur (accusative indefinite)
Baldri (dative indefinite)
Baldurs (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Baldr, from the adjective baldr (“brave”), compare Faroese baldur (“good, beautiful”).


Baldur

head

Baldur m (genitive singular Baldurs, no plural)

Baldurs (genitive singular)
Baldur (indefinite nominative singular)
Baldur (accusative indefinite singular)
Baldri (dative indefinite singular)
Baldurs (genitive indefinite singular)

From Old Norse Baldr, from the adjective baldr (“brave”), compare the Icelandic adjective baldur (“bold”).

Baldur, one of the Norse gods, son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.


dwarf

From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Cognate with Scots dwerch; Old High German twerc (German Zwerg); Old Norse dvergr (Swedish dvärg); Old Frisian dwirg (West Frisian dwerch); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg, Dwarch); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg).
The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.

dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.

2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20:

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

dwerg

being from folklore, underground dwelling nature spirit


berserk

berserk (nominative singular)
berserkowie (nominative plural)
berserka (genitive singular)
berserków (genitive plural)
berserkowi (dative singular)
berserkom (dative plural)
berserka (accusative singular)
berserków (accusative plural)
berserkiem (instrumental singular)
berserkami (instrumental plural)
berserku (locative singular)
berserkach (locative plural)
berserku (singular vocative)
berserkowie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse berserkr.

lbor

(historical, Norse mythology) berserker (Norse warrior who purportedly fought in a trance-like frenzy)


fain

en-verb

fain (third-person singular simple present fains, present participle faining, simple past and past participle fained)

fains (present singular third-person)
faining (participle present)
fained (participle past)
fained (past)

From Middle English fainen, from Old English fæġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną. Doublet of fawn.

(Germanic paganism) to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót.


leech

From Middle English leche (“physician”), from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), from Proto-West Germanic *lākī, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (“doctor”), of disputed origin, but usually thought to be connected with Proto-Celtic (compare Old Irish líaig (“charmer, exorcist, physician”)) and Serbo-Croatian ljèkār, Polish lekarz (“physician, doctor”); perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”).
Cognate with Old Frisian lētza (“physician”), Old Saxon lāki (“physician”), Old High German lāhhi (“doctor, healer”), Danish læge (“doctor, surgeon”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”).

cog

Their functions are threefold, those of the medicine-man (the leech, or healer by supernatural means); of the soothsayer (the prophet through communion with the invisible world); and of the priest, especially in his capacity as exorcist

1900, Augustus Henry Keane, Man, Past and Present, Cambridge: The University Press:

In ancient times runesters were a specialized class separate from that of the witch or ordinary spell caster (much as the other specialists such as the leech or healer and the seithkona were different from a witch), and even today many believe it takes years of training to become adept at using the runes in spell work.

1996, Swain Wodening, “Scandinavian Craft Lesson 6: Runic Divination”, Theod Magazine 3 (4)

"Leech?" "Not another doctor".

2003, Brian Froud, Ari Berk, The Runes of Elfland, Pavillion Books, →ISBN, page 22:

There are many kinds of "Leech" or "healer" as there are healing techniques, some are more powerful than others and some are very specific to certain illnesses and complaints; some use potions and unguents, others crystals and stones, others galdr and some work their healing from within the hidden realms themselves.

2004, Runic John, The Book of Seidr, Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 282:


Odin

→ Chinese: 奧丁／奥丁 (Àodīng)

→ Japanese: オーディン

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode.

der

interpretatio germanica
interpretatio germanica

(Norse mythology and paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.


Odin

de-proper noun

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)

Odins (genitive)
Odin (genitive)
Odin (nominative singular)
Odins (genitive singular)
Odin (genitive singular)
Odin (dative singular)
Odin (accusative singular)


Odin

Danish Odin; learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.


Odin

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.

Odin var ein stor her-mann og var mykje vidfarin, og lagde mange rike under seg.

1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur, page 7:

Odin was a great military man, well-traveled, and conquered many kingdoms.

(Midlandsnormalen, Norse mythology) alternative form of Oden (“Odin”)


Odin

(Norse mythology) Odin (the supreme god)


Arvak

(Norse mythology) One of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun.

Arvak

one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun


Arvak

(Norse mythology) Arvak (one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun)


Odinism

Heathenry, Germanic neopaganism, especially a variety devoted to the Norse pantheon.


troll

troll (nominative singular)
trolle (nominative plural)
trolla (genitive singular)
trolli (genitive plural)
trollowi (dative singular)
trollom (dative plural)
trolla (accusative singular)
trolle (accusative plural)
trollem (instrumental singular)
trollami (instrumental plural)
trollu (locative singular)
trollach (locative plural)
trollu (singular vocative)
trolle (plural vocative)

(European folklore, Norse mythology) troll (grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)


kindred

en-noun

kindred (countable and uncountable, plural kindreds)

From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).

We talked with Jonina about our kindred, Heathenry in the United States, Asatru in Iceland, and the details of our religious practice.[…]

2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods: A Collection of Essays Concerning the Folkway of Our People, page 174:

Your chosen kindred or other group is a Venn circle that contains you, but it may not be the same circle as your family.

2013 November 8, Patricia M. Lafayllve, A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 117:

Not all, but many people believe that if you're not in a kindred, then you are not a real Norse Pagan or heathen.

2019 May 20, Theodoric Dukka, A Heathen's Guide: Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, →ISBN, page 101:

(countable, Germanic paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.


stall

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”).

der

In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall.

1989, Edred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 156:

Some Asatruar kindreds call their indoor altars stalls and their outdoor altars harrows.

2006, Selene Silverwind, “Asatruar Tools and Practices”, in Everything you need to know about Paganism, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 117:

Stalli (STAL-i) - Altar.

2006, Mark Puryear, The Nature of Asatru: An Overview of the Ideals and Philosophy of the Indigenous Religion of Northern Europe, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 237:

(Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.


garth

Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard.

The Candidate for membership of Hof, Garth or Hearth shall hold an Armill, or he may touch an unsheathed Sword throughout the ceremony.

2014 November 18, Stubba, The Book of Blots, page 102:

(Germanic paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.

(Germanic paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.


wight

From Middle English wight, wiȝt, from Old English wiht (“thing, creature”), from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing, creature”, literally “being”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”).
Cognate with Scots wicht (“creature, being, human”), Dutch wicht (“child, baby, girl”), German Low German Wicht (“girl; wight”), German Wicht (“wretch, wight, little creature, scoundrel”), Danish vætte (“underground creature, gnome”), Norwegian Bokmål vette (“underground creature, gnome”), Swedish vätte (“underground creature, gnome”), Icelandic vættur (“imp, elf”). Doublet of whit.

cog

(paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.


Valkyrie

The proper noun Valkyries was attested before the common noun valkyries. See the entry valkyrie for more.


elder

From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.

長老

Mormonism: title for a male missionary or a general authority

(Germanic paganism) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.


Loki

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

(Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.


Loki

Loki (indefinite nominative singular)
Lokinn (definite nominative singular)
Lokar (indefinite nominative plural)
Lokarnir (definite nominative plural)
Loka (accusative indefinite singular)
Lokann (accusative definite singular)
Loka (accusative indefinite plural)
Lokana (accusative definite plural)
Loka (dative indefinite singular)
Lokanum (dative definite singular)
Lokum (dative indefinite plural)
Lokunum (dative definite plural)
Loka (genitive indefinite singular)
Lokans (definite genitive singular)
Loka (genitive indefinite plural)
Lokanna (definite genitive plural)


Loki

Loka (oblique)
Loki (indefinite nominative)
Loka (accusative indefinite)
Loka (dative indefinite)
Loka (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Loki

Icelandic: Loki

Faroese: Loki

Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje)

Swedish: Locke, → Loke

Danish: Loke

→ English: Loki

In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound. Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok + -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement.
Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element. Some suggest his original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- which relates to how he is speculated to have been worshiped.


Loki

Loki (nominative singular)
Lokiego (genitive singular)
Lokiemu (dative singular)
Lokiego (accusative singular)
Lokim (instrumental singular)
Lokim (locative singular)
Loki (singular vocative)

(Norse mythology) Loki (the god of mischief and trickery)


alf

From Danish and Swedish alf, from Old Norse alfr; see also Dutch alf. Doublet of elf and oaf.

As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief in Alfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Christianity.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 248:

[T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.

2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:

(Norse mythology) A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar.


Asatru

2004, Gundula E. Rommel, Asgard in America: Inventing European Ethnic Identity in a Post-industrial Pluralist Culture, Thesis (M.A.), page 8,
Presenting themselves as deeply religious and, at the same time, open to scientific testing methods that would physically damage the revered bones, the Asatru claimants occupied an interesting middle ground between the opposing sides.

Lenz felt Parker was "disrespecting the gods" and "saying that he was teaching Asatru but what he was teaching was not Asatru."

2008, Michelangelo Delfino, Mary E. Day, Death Penalty USA: 2005 - 2006, page 296:

Many people have not heard of Asatru or Heathenry...or they have a mistaken or distorted view of what it is. By offering classes and workshops on Asatru 101, the Gods, the Ancestors, the Vaettir, and the Runes...you can educate people about Asatru and raise interest in Asatru in your area.

2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods, page 51:

A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and/or other Norse gods and spirits.

Ásatrú

with diacritics, acknowledging Icelandic derivation

Brosatru

chauvinistic version of the modern Norse religion

Nazitru

racist or neo-Nazi themed versions of the modern Norse religion

Wiccatru

syncretism of Wicca and Germanic neopaganism

Rokkatru

veneration of the underworld gods, such as Loki, Angrboda, Fenrir, and Hel


Ask

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).

(Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.


Ask

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”). The given name may also be a short form of Áskell, whence also Åskjell and Askjell. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Askur.

(Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda


Dag

From Old Norse Dagr, from dagr (“day”), whence also dag. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Dagur, and Swedish and Danish Dag.

(Norse mythology) Dagr, the personification of the day


Kraken

Borrowed from Norwegian kraken (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), definite singular of krake (“wooden drag/grapnel”) (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), both from Old Norse kraki (“wooden drag/grapnel”, literally “crookie: something with crooks/hooks”), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz (“crooked”).

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.


Kraken

(Norse mythology) Kraken (a gigantic squid)


Magne

From Old Norse Magni, from magn (“power”). First recorded in Norway ca. 1100.

(Norse mythology) Magni (the son of Thor and Jarnsaxa)


Regen

From Old Norse Reginn, likely related to regin (“the gods, the powers”).


Ty

From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz. Cognate with Faroese Týrur, English Tew, Tiw, and Gothic *𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃 (*teiws).


Sol

Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.

2017 March 1, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics”, in Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:


Tor

Tor (nominative singular)
Tor (accusative nominative singular)
Torin (accusative genitive singular)
Torin (genitive singular)
Toria (partitive singular)
Torissa (inessive singular)
Torista (elative singular)
Toriin (illative singular)
Torilla (adessive singular)
Torilta (ablative singular)
Torille (allative singular)
Torina (essive singular)
Toriksi (singular translative)
Toritta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Torini (nominative singular)
Torini (accusative nominative singular)
Torini (accusative genitive singular)
Torini (genitive singular)
Toriani (partitive singular)
Torissani (inessive singular)
Toristani (elative singular)
Toriini (illative singular)
Torillani (adessive singular)
Toriltani (ablative singular)
Torilleni (allative singular)
Torinani (essive singular)
Torikseni (singular translative)
Torittani (abessive singular)
Torisi (nominative singular)
Torisi (accusative nominative singular)
Torisi (accusative genitive singular)
Torisi (genitive singular)
Toriasi (partitive singular)
Torissasi (inessive singular)
Toristasi (elative singular)
Toriisi (illative singular)
Torillasi (adessive singular)
Toriltasi (ablative singular)
Torillesi (allative singular)
Torinasi (essive singular)
Toriksesi (singular translative)
Torittasi (abessive singular)
Torimme (nominative singular)
Torimme (accusative nominative singular)
Torimme (accusative genitive singular)
Torimme (genitive singular)
Toriamme (partitive singular)
Torissamme (inessive singular)
Toristamme (elative singular)
Toriimme (illative singular)
Torillamme (adessive singular)
Toriltamme (ablative singular)
Torillemme (allative singular)
Torinamme (essive singular)
Toriksemme (singular translative)
Torittamme (abessive singular)
Torinne (nominative singular)
Torinne (accusative nominative singular)
Torinne (accusative genitive singular)
Torinne (genitive singular)
Torianne (partitive singular)
Torissanne (inessive singular)
Toristanne (elative singular)
Toriinne (illative singular)
Torillanne (adessive singular)
Toriltanne (ablative singular)
Torillenne (allative singular)
Torinanne (essive singular)
Toriksenne (singular translative)
Torittanne (abessive singular)
Torinsa (nominative singular)
Torinsa (accusative nominative singular)
Torinsa (accusative genitive singular)
Torinsa (genitive singular)
Toriaan (partitive singular)
Toriansa (partitive singular)
Torissaan (inessive singular)
Torissansa (inessive singular)
Toristaan (elative singular)
Toristansa (elative singular)
Toriinsa (illative singular)
Torillaan (adessive singular)
Torillansa (adessive singular)
Toriltaan (ablative singular)
Toriltansa (ablative singular)
Torilleen (allative singular)
Torillensa (allative singular)
Torinaan (essive singular)
Torinansa (essive singular)
Torikseen (singular translative)
Toriksensa (singular translative)
Torittaan (abessive singular)
Torittansa (abessive singular)

(Norse mythology) Alternative form of Thor (“Thor”).


Tor

From Norwegian Nynorsk Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.


Tor

From Old Norse Þórr. The given name is also a spelling variant of Tord, from Þórðr.


Tor

Borrowed from English Thor, fromOld Norse Þórr.


middle-earth

Alternative form of Middle Earth: (archaic) the Earth; (Norse mythology) Midgard.


Ásgarðr

Faroese: Ásgarður

Icelandic: Ásgarður

Norwegian: Åsgard

⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: oskorei

Danish: Asgård, Haagensgaard, Havsgård

Swedish: Asgård

→ English: Asgard

(Norse mythology) Asgard, the realm of the Æsir gods in Norse mythology.


Álfheimr

(Norse mythology) home of the Ljósálfar (Light Elves) and one of the nine realms, also called Ljosalfheim.


Asgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr.

lbor

The gods built themselves castles in Asgard, and halls that shone with gold. It is recorded that there were twelve such heavenly palaces, but the poems differ from each other in describing them.

1884, M. W. Macdowall, Asgard and the gods, […] , page 48:

So, for instance, when the giant Hrungnir became tediously drunk and boastful, it was Freyja who, of all the Æsir in Asgard, was bold enough to keep serving him drink, but equally it was she whom he threatened to take away with him.

2007, Heather O'Donoghue, From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.


Asgard

Asgard (nominative singular)
Asgardu (genitive singular)
Asgardowi (dative singular)
Asgard (accusative singular)
Asgardem (instrumental singular)
Asgardzie (locative singular)
Asgardzie (singular vocative)

(Norse mythology) Asgard (realm of the Æsir gods)


Urd

From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird.

der

One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.


Urd

de-proper noun

Urd f (proper noun, genitive Urds or (with an article) Urd)

Urds (genitive)
Urd (genitive)
Urd (nominative singular)
Urds (genitive singular)
Urd (genitive singular)
Urd (dative singular)
Urd (accusative singular)


Urd

From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”).

Urd, one of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.


guð

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

guð

guð

guð (indefinite nominative)
guð (accusative indefinite)
guði (dative indefinite)
guðs (genitive indefinite)
guð (indefinite nominative)
guð (accusative indefinite)
guði (dative indefinite)
guðs (genitive indefinite)

Icelandic: guð m, goð n

Faroese: Gud, gudur

Norwegian Nynorsk: gud m

Elfdalian: guð

Old Swedish: guþ n or m

Swedish: gud

desctree

Danish: gud c
Norwegian Bokmål: gud
→ Greenlandic: guuti

Gutnish: gud, gu

From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.
Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old High German and Old Dutch got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).


fylgja

non-decl-blank-full

fylgja

fylgja (indefinite nominative singular)
fylgjan (definite nominative singular)
fylgjur (indefinite nominative plural)
fylgjurnar (definite nominative plural)
fylgju (accusative indefinite singular)
fylgjuna (accusative definite singular)
fylgjur (accusative indefinite plural)
fylgjurnar (accusative definite plural)
fylgju (dative indefinite singular)
fylgjunni (dative definite singular)
fylgjum (dative indefinite plural)
fylgjunum (dative definite plural)
fylgju (genitive indefinite singular)
fylgjunnar (definite genitive singular)
fylgna (genitive indefinite plural)
fylgnanna (definite genitive plural)

Common Germanic *fulgijǭ (“guardian spirit-”), *fulgijaną (“to follow”).

(Norse mythology) kind of guardian angel, guardian spirit, tutelary entity, which was held to follow each person or family and the relationship being affixed or bound at the process or ceremony of naming.


hof

Borrowed from Old Norse hof or Old English hof, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

For each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged.

1996, Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, published 2003, page 307:

Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or hof in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years.

2005, Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, page 170:

(Germanic paganism) temple, sanctuary, hall.


hof

hofs (genitive)
hof (plural)
hof (indefinite nominative singular)
hofit (definite nominative singular)
hof (indefinite nominative plural)
hofin (definite nominative plural)
hof (accusative indefinite singular)
hofit (accusative definite singular)
hof (accusative indefinite plural)
hofin (accusative definite plural)
hofi (dative indefinite singular)
hofinu (dative definite singular)
hofum (dative indefinite plural)
hofunum (dative definite plural)
hofs (genitive indefinite singular)
hofsins (definite genitive singular)
hofa (genitive indefinite plural)
hofanna (definite genitive plural)

hof

Icelandic: hof

Faroese: hov

Norwegian Nynorsk: hov, hov

Swedish: hov

→ English: hof

From Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, house, temple”).

inh

[…] þeir er hörg ok hof / hátimbruðu, […]

Vǫluspá, verse 7, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2

[…] they who shrines and temples / high timbered, […]

(Germanic paganism) shrine, typically in a home of a farm


Nidhogg

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Níðhǫggr (“Malice Striker”)

lbor

(Norse mythology) a dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned.


Nidhogg

From Old Norse Níðhǫggr, from níð (“libel, defamation”) + hǫggr.


Dovre

From Old Norse Dofri, related to Dofrar (“Dovre”).

(Norse mythology) name of a jotun said to have raised Harald Fairhair


Frøya

From Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.


gode

goden (definite singular)
godar (indefinite plural)
godane (definite plural)

From Old Norse goði, a male form of gyðja; from Proto-Germanic *gudjô (“priest”).


gode

gode (indefinite nominative singular)
goden (definite nominative singular)
godar (indefinite nominative plural)
godarna (definite nominative plural)
godes (genitive indefinite singular)
godens (definite genitive singular)
godars (genitive indefinite plural)
godarnas (definite genitive plural)


Fimbulwinter

(Norse mythology) One of the signs of the onset of the end of this world, the final, three-year-long winter (with no intervening summers); it marks the coming of the Ragnarok, the battle that will end the world.

fimbulvinter

in Norse mythology, the long winter signifying the coming of Ragnarok


hel

From Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hel.

der

(Norse mythology) Hel (the realm of the dead who did not die in combat)


hel

heljar (genitive)
helju (dative)
hel (indefinite nominative singular)
helin (definite nominative singular)
heljar (indefinite nominative plural)
heljarnar (definite nominative plural)
hel (accusative indefinite singular)
helina (accusative definite singular)
heljar (accusative indefinite plural)
heljarnar (accusative definite plural)
hel (dative indefinite singular)
helju (dative indefinite singular)
helinni (dative definite singular)
heljunni (dative definite singular)
heljum (dative indefinite plural)
heljunum (dative definite plural)
heljar (genitive indefinite singular)
heljarinnar (definite genitive singular)
helja (genitive indefinite plural)
heljanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

hel

Icelandic: hel

Faroese: hel

Norwegian Nynorsk: hel

→ Norwegian Bokmål: hel

⇒ Old Norse: í hel

Icelandic: í hel

Norwegian Nynorsk: i hel, ihel-

Old Swedish: i häl, ihiäl

Swedish: ihjäl, ihäl

Old Danish: i hæl, i hiel

Danish: ihjel

Norwegian Bokmål: i hjel, ihjel-

From Proto-Germanic *haljō. Doublet of Hel.

(Germanic paganism) the underworld, personified the goddess of the same name


Frigga

From Frigg + -a, with suffix added to make the name more obviously feminine in English.


Frigga

la-proper noun

Frigga f sg (genitive Friggae); first declension

Friggae (genitive)
Frigga (nominative singular)
Friggae (genitive singular)
Friggae (dative singular)
Friggam (accusative singular)
Friggā (ablative singular)
Frigga (singular vocative)


Freya

Scottish form of Old Norse Freyja (“mistress, lady”).

A female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.


Tyr

From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“god”). Doublet of Tiw.

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.


Fenrir

Fenrir
Fenrir (moon)
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda

Borrowed from Old Norse Fenrir (“fen-dweller”), Fenrisúlfr (“Fenris wolf”).

bor+

Lokasenna, stanzas 37-40, comprise an exchange between Týr and Loki. Loki boasts that Fenrir tore off Týr's arm; Týr responds that although he may be missing his hand, Loki is missing Hródrsvitnir, that is, the famous wolf, Fenrir.

2001, John Lindow, Handbook of Norse Mythology, ABC-CLIO, page 113:

Feared and misunderstood, Fenrir was the bringer of doom to the gods and was known as "an axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-age before the wrecking of the world."

2009, Sarah Bartlett, The Mythology Bible, Sterling Publishing Co., page 294:

It is my own opinion that the Black Shuck is another manifestation of Fenrir, the large and terrible wolf, who is the eldest child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda.

2011, Nick Redfern, “Phantom Hounds of the Woods”, in Brad Steiger, editor, Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside, Visible Ink Press, page 46:

(Norse mythology) A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring, who bites off Tyr's right hand while being bound by the gods in fear of a prophecy that he will kill Odin, remaining so bound until the events of Ragnarok.


Fenrir

de-proper noun

Fenrir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Fenrirs)


Týr

Týs (genitive)
Týr (indefinite nominative)
Tý (accusative indefinite)
tívi (dative indefinite)
Týs (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Týr

Icelandic: Týr

→ Danish: Tyr

→ English: Tyr

→ Russian: Тюр (Tjur)

→ Swedish: Tyr

Faroese: Týrur

Norwegian: Ty

Old Swedish: Tī

Swedish: Ti

Danish: Ty, Ti (dialectal, place names)

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz; identical to týr (“god”). Cognate with Old English Tīw, Old Saxon Tīi, Old High German Zīu.


ægir

ægis (genitive)
ægir (indefinite nominative singular)
ægirinn (definite nominative singular)
ægi (accusative indefinite singular)
æginn (accusative definite singular)
ægi (dative indefinite singular)
æginum (dative definite singular)
ægis (genitive indefinite singular)
ægisins (definite genitive singular)

non-decl-blank-sing

ægir

ægir hjarna


Wotan

de-proper noun

Wotan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wotans)

→ English: Wotan

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, cognate with English Woden, Icelandic Óðinn. Attested since the 12th century in the Latin Chronicon of Godfrey of Viterbo, where it is spelled Wotan. In Old High German, the name is attested as Wodan.
After Christianization, the name appears to have persisted in folklore and formed various derivations, such as Old High German Wuotunc, Wodunc; Middle High German Wüetung.
In literary modern German, the spellings Wodan and Wotan competed during the early 19th century, but Wotan became prevalent in the wake of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, published in 1853.
A male given name Wotan (also Wuotan, Woatan) is attested in Latin beginning in the 9th century. It became obsolete during the high medieval period, but was revived as a rare given name in the 20th century.

Woden/Odin, a deity of the old Germanic religion, and of modern German reconstructions of this religion

a male given name from the Germanic languages


godi

(Germanic paganism) A priest of the modern Norse religion.


Valhalla

From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll (from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”)).

der

[S]uch souls as were detruded from the body by any violent method went strait to Valhalla. (Latin original: Nostratibus sane hoc erat infallibiliter persuasum, animas, non vulgares, neque senio morbove, sec cruenta morte & vi corporibus exeuntes, recta ad Vahlallam ferri)

1791 May 1, “Moore's Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide”, in Monthly Review, London, pages 24–25:

In some poems they are envisaged as divine figures, women who serve mead to the dead warriors in Valhall, and who fulfil the will of Odin in overseeing battle and making sure that victory is awarded to the right man.

1996, Carolyne Larrington, The Poetic Edda, Folio Society, published 2016, page xvii:

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

فَالْهُول

in Norse mythology, the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle


Valhalla

From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”).

(Norse mythology) Valhalla (the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle)


Vanir

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.


Æsir

Borrowed from Old Norse æsir, nominative plural of áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”); cf. Old English ēse, Sanskrit असुर (ásura).

The principal group of benevolent deities in the Norse pantheon, representing power and war; opponents of the Vanir.


dvergr

non-noun

dvergr m (genitive dvergs, plural dvergar)

dvergs (genitive)
dvergar (plural)
dvergr (indefinite nominative singular)
dvergrinn (definite nominative singular)
dvergar (indefinite nominative plural)
dvergarnir (definite nominative plural)
dverg (accusative indefinite singular)
dverginn (accusative definite singular)
dverga (accusative indefinite plural)
dvergana (accusative definite plural)
dvergi (dative indefinite singular)
dverginum (dative definite singular)
dvergum (dative indefinite plural)
dvergunum (dative definite plural)
dvergs (genitive indefinite singular)
dvergsins (definite genitive singular)
dverga (genitive indefinite plural)
dverganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

dvergr

Icelandic: dvergur

Faroese: dvørgur

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: dverg; (dialectal) verg, tverg

Old Swedish: dværgher

Swedish: dvärg

Danish: dværg

Norwegian Bokmål: dverg

Gutnish: dvärg, värg

From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz (“dwarf”). Cognate with Old English dweorg, Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, twerc.

[…] hverr skyldi dverga / dróttir skepja […]

Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2

[…] who shall the dwarves' / lord shape […]


áss

ásar (genitive)
æsir (plural)
áss (indefinite nominative singular)
ássinn (definite nominative singular)
æsir (indefinite nominative plural)
æsirnir (definite nominative plural)
ás (accusative indefinite singular)
ásinn (accusative definite singular)
æsi (accusative indefinite plural)
ásu (accusative indefinite plural)
æsina (accusative definite plural)
ásuna (accusative definite plural)
ási (dative indefinite singular)
ás (dative indefinite singular)
ásinum (dative definite singular)
ásnum (dative definite singular)
ásum (dative indefinite plural)
ásunum (dative definite plural)
áss (genitive indefinite singular)
ásar (genitive indefinite singular)
ássins (definite genitive singular)
ásarins (definite genitive singular)
ása (genitive indefinite plural)
ásanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

áss

Icelandic: ás m

→ Swedish: as c

→ Finnish: aasa

→ Danish: as c

Faroese: ásur m

Norwegian Nynorsk: ås m

Norwegian Bokmål: ås m

→ Swedish: ås c (learned)

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛊᚢᛉ (*asuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”). Cognate with Old English ōs, Old Saxon ās, Old High German ans-, Latin Ansis pl (loaned from Gothic).

der

(Germanic paganism) one of the gods, Æsir


fága

non-conj-blank-full

Conjugation of fága — active (weak class 2)

Conjugation of fága — mediopassive (weak class 2)

non-conj-table

fága (infinitive)
fágandi (participle present)
fágaðr (participle past)
fága (first-person present singular)
fágaða (first-person past singular)
fágar (present second-person singular)
fágaðir (past second-person singular)
fágar (present singular third-person)
fágaði (past singular third-person)
fágum (first-person plural present)
fáguðum (first-person past plural)
fágið (plural present second-person)
fáguðuð (past plural second-person)
fága (plural present third-person)
fáguðu (past plural third-person)
fágir (present second-person singular)
fági (present singular third-person)
fágim (first-person plural present)
fágaðim (first-person past plural)
fágaðið (past plural second-person)
fági (plural present third-person)
fágaði (past plural third-person)
fága (present second-person singular)
fágask (infinitive)
fágandisk (participle present)
fágazk (participle past)
fágumk (first-person present singular)
fáguðumk (first-person past singular)
fágask (present second-person singular)
fágaðisk (past second-person singular)
fágask (present singular third-person)
fágaðisk (past singular third-person)
fágumsk (first-person plural present)
fáguðumsk (first-person past plural)
fágizk (plural present second-person)
fáguðuzk (past plural second-person)
fágask (plural present third-person)
fáguðusk (past plural third-person)
fágisk (present second-person singular)
fágisk (present singular third-person)
fágimsk (first-person plural present)
fágaðimsk (first-person past plural)
fágaðizk (past plural second-person)
fágisk (plural present third-person)
fágaðisk (past plural third-person)

Icelandic: fága

From Proto-Germanic *fēgōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”).


draugr

(Norse mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.


draugr

non-noun

draugr m (genitive draugs, plural draugar)

draugs (genitive)
draugar (plural)
draugr (indefinite nominative singular)
draugrinn (definite nominative singular)
draugar (indefinite nominative plural)
draugarnir (definite nominative plural)
draug (accusative indefinite singular)
drauginn (accusative definite singular)
drauga (accusative indefinite plural)
draugana (accusative definite plural)
draugi (dative indefinite singular)
drauginum (dative definite singular)
draugum (dative indefinite plural)
draugunum (dative definite plural)
draugs (genitive indefinite singular)
draugsins (definite genitive singular)
drauga (genitive indefinite plural)
drauganna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

draugr

Icelandic: draugur

Faroese: dreygur

Norn: drog

Scots: drow (merged with trow (troll))

English: drow

Norwegian: draug, drauv, drog

Old Danish: drog

Swedish: dröger, drög, draugr (dialectal, archaic)

→ Danish: drauge, dravge (learned)

→ English: draugr, draug (learned)

English: Draugr

→ Swedish: draug (learned)}

From Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“delusion, mirage, illusion”). Akin to Old Saxon gidrog (“delusion”) and Old High German bitrog (“delusion”), gitrog (“ghost”). See also Finnish raukka.

inh

Hann kyndir ofn brennanda, sagði draugrinn.

Þáttr Þorsteins skelks, in 1827, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 200

"He kindles furnace's fire", said the ghost.


Norn

(Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.

Norno

any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny


Heathenry

The old Germanic (Norse, Anglo-Saxon, etc.) religion(s).


signa

non-conj-blank-full

Conjugation of signa — active (weak class 1)

Conjugation of signa — mediopassive (weak class 1)

non-conj-table

signa (infinitive)
signandi (participle present)
signdr (participle past)
signi (first-person present singular)
signda (first-person past singular)
signir (present second-person singular)
signdir (past second-person singular)
signir (present singular third-person)
signdi (past singular third-person)
signum (first-person plural present)
signdum (first-person past plural)
signið (plural present second-person)
signduð (past plural second-person)
signa (plural present third-person)
signdu (past plural third-person)
signa (first-person present singular)
signi (present singular third-person)
signim (first-person plural present)
signdim (first-person past plural)
signdið (past plural second-person)
signi (plural present third-person)
signdi (past plural third-person)
sign (present second-person singular)
signi (present second-person singular)
signask (infinitive)
signandisk (participle present)
signzk (participle past)
signumk (first-person present singular)
signdumk (first-person past singular)
signisk (present second-person singular)
signdisk (past second-person singular)
signisk (present singular third-person)
signdisk (past singular third-person)
signumsk (first-person plural present)
signdumsk (first-person past plural)
signizk (plural present second-person)
signduzk (past plural second-person)
signask (plural present third-person)
signdusk (past plural third-person)
signimsk (first-person plural present)
signdimsk (first-person past plural)
signdizk (past plural second-person)
signisk (plural present third-person)
signdisk (past plural third-person)
signsk (present second-person singular)

Faroese: signa

Norwegian Nynorsk: signa

Norwegian Bokmål: signe

Menn skulu trúa á einn guð ok á helga menn hans ok blóta eigi heiðnar vættir. Þá blótar hann heiðnar vættir ef hann signir fé sitt ǫðrum en guði, eða helgum mǫnnum hans. Ef maðr blótar heiðnar vættir, ok varðar þat fjǫrbaugsgarð.
Men shall believe in one god and his holy men, and not worship heathen wights. One worships heathen wights if he dedicates his cattle to anyone other than god or his holy men. If a man worships heathen wights, that warrants lesser outlawry (fjǫrbaugsgarðr).

Hákonar saga góða in Heimskringla
En er it fyrsta full var skenkt, þá mælti Sigurðr jarl fyrir ok signaði Óðni ok drakk af horninu til konungs.
And when the first toast was poured, then Earl Siward made a speech and dedicated it to Óðinn, and drank from the horn for the sake of the king.

(transitive, Germanic paganism) to dedicate to a god


Alsvid

In Norse mythology, one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun.


Sigurd

From Old Norse Sigurðr, from sigr (“victory”) + varðr, vǫrðr (“guard”). This is the name of the legendary Eddaic character corresponding to Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungenlied, but the names are not exact cognates. Sigfrid is a saint's name in Scandinavia.

(Norse mythology) The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.


risi

Icelandic: risi

Faroese: risi

Norwegian: rise

Old Swedish: rise

Swedish: rese

Danish: rise

From Proto-Germanic *risiz. Cognate to German Riese and Dutch reus.


elfo

eo-head

elfo (accusative singular elfon, plural elfoj, accusative plural elfojn)

elfon (accusative singular)
elfoj (plural)
elfojn (accusative plural)


elfo

pt-noun

elfo m (plural elfos, feminine elfa or elfo, feminine plural elfas or elfos)

elfos (plural)
elfa (feminine)
elfo (feminine)
elfas (feminine plural)
elfos (feminine plural)

Borrowed from English elf, from Middle English, from Old English ælf (“incubus, elf”), from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“fairy, elf”).

(Norse mythology) elf (a mythical being)


Götterdämmerung

/ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/

/ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/

[ˌɡɑɾɚˈdɛə̯mɚ.ʊŋ]

Borrowed from German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), which see.

bor+

(Norse mythology) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse.


Götterdämmerung

de-noun

Götterdämmerung f (genitive Götterdämmerung, plural Götterdämmerungen)

Götterdämmerung (genitive)
Götterdämmerungen (plural)
Götterdämmerung (nominative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (definite nominative plural)
Götterdämmerung (genitive singular)
Götterdämmerungen (definite genitive plural)
Götterdämmerung (dative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (dative definite plural)
Götterdämmerung (accusative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡœtərˌdɛmərʊŋ/

[ˈɡœ.tɐˌdɛ.mə.ʁʊŋ]

18th century, from Götter (“gods”) + Dämmerung (“twilight”), a calque of Old Norse ragnarøkkr, an attested reinterpretation of ragnarǫk (literally “fate of the gods”). Popularised as the name of the last part of
Richard Wagner's Ring cycle (1876).

com

Die Zeit rollt mit allen ihren Hebeln und Kräften ihre Repräsentanten an die Rampe und es ist nicht die Schuld und nicht das Verdienst ihrer Helden, wenn sie mit dem Weltdonner von Ragnarök in die Götterdämmerung fahren oder im Zuckblitz der Scheinwerfer und zweihundert PS die Ewigkeit suchen.

1922, Kasimir Edschmid, Das Bücher-Dekameron:

Die Regierung in Berlin wankt, zumindest ein wenig, der rechte Rand wird stark. Götterdämmerung der Demokratie? Ist es nun so weit?

2022 October 11, Stefan Reinecke, “Lob der biederen Normalität”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(Norse mythology or figuratively) downfall of the gods, Götterdämmerung, Ragnarok


jǫtunn

non-noun

jǫtunn m (genitive jǫtuns, plural jǫtnar)

jǫtuns (genitive)
jǫtnar (plural)
jǫtunn (indefinite nominative singular)
jǫtunninn (definite nominative singular)
jǫtnar (indefinite nominative plural)
jǫtnarnir (definite nominative plural)
jǫtun (accusative indefinite singular)
jǫtuninn (accusative definite singular)
jǫtna (accusative indefinite plural)
jǫtnana (accusative definite plural)
jǫtni (dative indefinite singular)
jǫtninum (dative definite singular)
jǫtnum (dative indefinite plural)
jǫtnunum (dative definite plural)
jǫtuns (genitive indefinite singular)
jǫtunsins (definite genitive singular)
jǫtna (genitive indefinite plural)
jǫtnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

jǫtunn

Icelandic: jötunn m

Faroese: jøtun m

Norwegian Nynorsk: jotun, jøtul m

Norwegian Bokmål: jotun, jutul m

Old Danish: iætæn m

Danish: jætte c

Old Swedish: iætun, iætti m

Swedish: jätte c or m

→ English: jotun (learned)

From Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Cognate with Old English eoten.

Ek man jötna / ár um borna, […]

Vǫluspá, verse 2, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1


Ægir

(Norse mythology) A giant and king of the sea, personifying the power thereof. He is the son of Fornjótr, and the brother of Logi and Kári. He has nine daughters — the billow maidens — by his wife, Rán, namely: Bára, Blóðughadda, Bylgja, Dúfa, Hefring, Himinglæva, Hrönn, Kólga, and Unnr.


Ægir

Ægir (indefinite nominative)
Ægir (accusative indefinite)
Ægi (dative indefinite)
Ægis (genitive indefinite)

(Norse mythology) Ægir (king of the sea)


Mjølnir

Mjølnir (indefinite nominative)
Mjølnir (accusative indefinite)
Mjølni (dative indefinite)
Mjølnis (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).

(Norse mythology, weaponry) Mjollnir (Thor's hammer)


Mjölner

From Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Old Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).


Mjollnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija).

(Norse mythology) The hammer of the Norse god Thor.


Mjölnir

de-proper noun

Mjölnir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mjölnirs)

Mjölnirs (genitive)
Mjölnir (nominative singular)
Mjölnirs (genitive singular)
Mjölnir (dative singular)
Mjölnir (accusative singular)

[ˈmjœl̺n̺ɪɐ̯]

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).


ljósalfar

Margir staðir eru þar gǫfugligir. Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dǫkkálfar búa niðri í jǫrðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum. Ljósálfar eru fegri en sól sýnum, en Dǫkkálfar eru svartari en bik."

c. 1220, Sturluson, Snorri. Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe)

"There are many magnificient dwellings. One is there called Alfheim. There dwell the folk that are called light-elves; but the dark-elves dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike the light-elves in appearance, but much more so in deeds. The light-elves are fairer than the sun to look upon, but the dark-elves are blacker than pitch."

(Norse mythology) The "light elves", the elves who dwell in the heavens.


dǫkkalfar

Margir staðir eru þar gǫfugligir. Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. Þar byggvir fólk þat, er Ljósálfar heita, en Dǫkkálfar búa niðri í jǫrðu, ok eru þeir ólíkir þeim sýnum ok miklu ólíkari reyndum. Ljósálfar eru fegri en sól sýnum, en Dǫkkálfar eru svartari en bik.

c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning:

Rasmus Björn Anderson's translation:
There are many magnificient dwellings. One is there called Alfheim. There dwell the folk that are called light-elves; but the dark-elves dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike the light-elves in appearance, but much more so in deeds. The light-elves are fairer than the sun to look upon, but the dark-elves are blacker than pitch.

(Norse mythology) The "dark elves" who dwell down in the earth.


light elf

Back-formation from light elves, a calque of Old Norse ljósalfar.

Alfheim, where the light elves live. The light elves are as beautiful as the sun or the stars.

2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20:

(Norse mythology) A member of the race of Ljósalfar, daylight dwelling elves or nature spirits (as opposed to the underground dwelling dark elves or dwarves).


dark elf

Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.

(Norse mythology) A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar or Dark Alfs, creatures who live underground.


Svartalfaheim

svartalfar (“black elves”) + heim (“home”)

compound

"Þá sendi Alföðr þann, er Skírnir er nefndr, sendimaðr Freys, ofan í Svartálfaheim til dverga nǫkkurra ok lét gera fjǫtur þann, er Gleipnir heitir."
(Wikisource translation: "So Alfather sent the youth, who is called Skirner, and is Frey's messenger, to some dwarfs in Svartalfheim, and had them make the fetter which is called Gleipner.")

(Norse mythology) The underground home and realm of the Svartálfar.


Tórur

Tórur (indefinite nominative)
Tór (accusative indefinite)
Tóri (dative indefinite)
Tórs (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz.


Sjúrður

Sjúrður (indefinite nominative)
Sjúrð (accusative indefinite)
Sjúrði (dative indefinite)
Sjúrðar (genitive indefinite)

(Norse mythology) Sigurd or Siegfried, the dragon slayer


goði

goða (genitive)
goðar (plural)
goði (indefinite nominative singular)
goðinn (definite nominative singular)
goðar (indefinite nominative plural)
goðarnir (definite nominative plural)
goða (accusative indefinite singular)
goðann (accusative definite singular)
goða (accusative indefinite plural)
goðana (accusative definite plural)
goða (dative indefinite singular)
goðanum (dative definite singular)
goðum (dative indefinite plural)
goðunum (dative definite plural)
goða (genitive indefinite singular)
goðans (definite genitive singular)
goða (genitive indefinite plural)
goðanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

goði

Icelandic: goði

→ Swedish: gode

Faroese: goði

Norwegian: gode

Danish: gode

→ English: godi, gothi

From Proto-Norse ᚷᚢᛞᛁᛃᚨ (gudija), from Proto-Germanic *gudjô. Unlike its Proto-Norse ancestor, this word is missing i-umlaut and -j- in the oblique cases. This is seemingly a regular development from Proto-Norse to Old Norse; compare -riði (from Proto-Germanic *ridjô) and arfi (from Proto-Norse ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᛟ (arbijano, genitive plural), from Proto-Germanic *arbijô). See also the feminine form gyðja.
Cognate with Old English Gydda, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (gudja, “priest”).

ncog

godi, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing or keeper of a sanctuary


vølva

fo-noun

vølva f (genitive singular vølvu, plural vølvur)

vølvu (genitive singular)
vølvur (plural)
vølva (indefinite nominative singular)
vølvan (definite nominative singular)
vølvur (indefinite nominative plural)
vølvurnar (definite nominative plural)
vølvu (accusative indefinite singular)
vølvuna (accusative definite singular)
vølvur (accusative indefinite plural)
vølvurnar (accusative definite plural)
vølvu (dative indefinite singular)
vølvuni (dative definite singular)
vølvum (dative indefinite plural)
vølvunum (dative definite plural)
vølvu (genitive indefinite singular)
vølvunnar (definite genitive singular)
vølva (genitive indefinite plural)
vølvanna (definite genitive plural)


valquíria

(Norse mythology) valkyrie (any of the female attendants of Odin)


heathendom

en-noun

heathendom (usually uncountable, plural heathendoms)

From Middle English hæthendom, from Old English hǣþendōm; equivalent to heathen + -dom. OED records a single attestation in the period between 1230 and 1840, a (nonce?) occurrence in J. Law, Proposals and reasons for constituting a council of trade in Scotland (1701, p. 233). Otherwise replaced by Middle English hethenesse in the later Middle English period and heathenism in the 17th and 18th centuries. Cognate with Dutch heidendom, Old High German heidentuom (German Heidentum), Old Norse heiðindómr (Swedish hedendom).

Ziegenbalg mentioned some major forms of heathendom (African, American, old European)[…]

2011, Urs App, The Birth of Orientalism, page 102:

(Germanic paganism, sometimes capitalized) The collection of people who follow Heathenry, a modern pagan faith inspired by the pre-Abrahamic religions of Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.

heidendom

worldwide community that follows Heathenry


dverg

dvergen (definite singular)
dvergar (indefinite plural)
dvergane (definite plural)

From Old Norse dvergr, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

Det var ein Gong ei Kjempa og ein Dverg, som slo seg i Lag og var gode Viner.

1880, Marius Hægstad, Kjempa og Dvergen [The Giant and the Dwarf]:

Once upon a time, a giant and a dwarf teamed up and became good friends.


elfe

Borrowed from Swedish älf, from Old Norse alfr, compare Old English ælf. Originated from Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“brilliant, shining white”) via Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf”).


альв

be-noun

альв • (alʹv) m pers (genitive а́льва, nominative plural а́львы, genitive plural а́льваў)

alʹv (romanization)
а́льва (genitive)
а́львы (nominative plural)
а́льваў (genitive plural)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse alfr. Related to Ukrainian альв (alʹv) and Russian альв (alʹv).


альв

ru-noun+

альв • (alʹv) m anim (genitive а́льва, nominative plural а́львы, genitive plural а́львов)

alʹv (romanization)
а́льва (genitive)
а́львы (nominative plural)
а́львов (genitive plural)
а́льв (nominative singular)
а́львы (nominative plural)
а́льва (genitive singular)
а́львов (genitive plural)
а́льву (dative singular)
а́львам (dative plural)
а́льва (accusative singular)
а́львов (accusative plural)
а́львом (instrumental singular)
а́львами (instrumental plural)
а́льве (prepositional singular)
а́львах (plural prepositional)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse alfr. Related to Ukrainian альв (alʹv).


альв

uk-noun

альв • (alʹv) m pers (genitive а́льва, nominative plural а́льви, genitive plural а́львів)

alʹv (romanization)
а́льва (genitive)
а́льви (nominative plural)
а́львів (genitive plural)
альв (nominative singular)
а́льви (nominative plural)
а́льва (genitive singular)
а́львів (genitive plural)
а́львові (dative singular)
а́льву (dative singular)
а́львам (dative plural)
а́льва (accusative singular)
а́львів (accusative plural)
а́львом (instrumental singular)
а́львами (instrumental plural)
а́львові (locative singular)
а́льві (locative singular)
а́львах (locative plural)
а́льве (singular vocative)
а́льви (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse alfr, probably through Russian альв (alʹv). Related to Ukrainian ельф (elʹf).


Elli

Elli (indefinite nominative singular)
Elli (accusative indefinite singular)
Elli (dative indefinite singular)
Elli (genitive indefinite singular)

(Norse mythology) The personification of old age as an old woman, who defeats Thor in a wrestling match.


Týrur

Týrur (indefinite nominative)
Týr (accusative indefinite)
Týri (dative indefinite)
Týrs (genitive indefinite)

/ˈtʰʊiːjɹʊɹ/

From Old Norse Týr (“Týr, Tiw”), týr (“god”), from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós; cognate to Swedish Ti, Latin deus.


Óðin

Óðin (indefinite nominative)
Óðin (accusative indefinite)
Óðini (dative indefinite)
Óðins (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz.


Ancestor Night

This is Ancestor Night, the Feast of the Dead, the night strongest for communication with those gone into the shadow lands, those who now dwell over Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard.

1991, D J Conway, Norse Magic, Llewellyn Publications, page 51:

Other names are the Festival of Remembrance, the Feast of Apples, Ancestor Night or the Feast of the Dead.

1999, Gail Duff, The Wheel of the Wiccan Year, page 23:

(Germanic paganism) A festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.


Lokean

(Germanic paganism) One who honours Loki as their primary god.


Jari

From Old Norse jara (“battle”), thus meaning “Warrior”.


byname

From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

(Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.


Sindre

(Norse mythology) Eitri or Sindri; the dwarf who, together with his brother Brokkr, made Gullinbursti, Draupnir and Mjolnir


Sindre

From Old Norse Sindri, the name of a dwarf. Given name also from an Old Norse byname.

(Norse mythology) Eitri or Sindri; the dwarf who, together with his brother Brokkr, made Gullinbursti, Draupnir and Mjollnir


Trym

(Norse mythology) Trym (a jotun, known from Þrymskviða where he steals Thor’s hammer)


Yngve

From Old Norse Yngvi, a name of the god Freyr, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô. Doublet of Inge.

(Norse mythology) Yngvi, the original name of Freyr


Grani

Grani (indefinite nominative)
Grana (accusative indefinite)
Grana (dative indefinite)
Grana (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse grani (“horse”), related to grǫn (“hair on the upper lip”).

Fegin varð hann, tá hann hoyrdi Grana bresta hóvum.

He was glad, as he heard Grani's hooves trample.

Grani or Grane, a mythical horse that appears in Norse mythology. He is the horse that Sigurd receives through advice from an old man (Odin). Grani is the son of Odin's own steed, the eight-legged Sleipnir.


Eir

Eirar (genitive)
Eir (indefinite nominative)
Eir (accusative indefinite)
Eir (dative indefinite)
Eirar (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse eir, eirð (“help, mercy”).

(Norse mythology) Eir, Old Norse goddess of medicine.


Bylgja

Bylgja (indefinite nominative)
Bylgju (accusative indefinite)
Bylgju (dative indefinite)
Bylgju (genitive indefinite)

(Norse mythology) Bylgja, one of the nine daughters of Ægir.


Bára

Bára (indefinite nominative)
Báru (accusative indefinite)
Báru (dative indefinite)
Báru (genitive indefinite)

(Norse mythology) Bára, one of the nine daughters of Ægir.


ås

head

ås (definite singular åsen, indefinite plural æser, definite plural æsene)

åsen (definite singular)
æser (indefinite plural)
æsene (definite plural)


ås

From Old Norse áss, ǫ́ss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz.


Aesir

Borrowed from Old Norse æsir, nominative plural of áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”).

(Norse mythology) Æsir (the principal Norse gods)


aasa

aasa (nominative singular)
aasat (nominative plural)
aasa (accusative nominative singular)
aasat (accusative nominative plural)
aasan (accusative genitive singular)
aasat (accusative genitive plural)
aasan (genitive singular)
aasojen (genitive plural)
aasain (genitive plural rare)
aasaa (partitive singular)
aasoja (partitive plural)
aasassa (inessive singular)
aasoissa (inessive plural)
aasasta (elative singular)
aasoista (elative plural)
aasaan (illative singular)
aasoihin (illative plural)
aasalla (adessive singular)
aasoilla (adessive plural)
aasalta (ablative singular)
aasoilta (ablative plural)
aasalle (allative singular)
aasoille (allative plural)
aasana (essive singular)
aasoina (essive plural)
aasaksi (singular translative)
aasoiksi (plural translative)
aasatta (abessive singular)
aasoitta (abessive plural)
aasoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
aasani (nominative singular)
aasani (nominative plural)
aasani (accusative nominative singular)
aasani (accusative nominative plural)
aasani (accusative genitive singular)
aasani (accusative genitive plural)
aasani (genitive singular)
aasojeni (genitive plural)
aasaini (genitive plural rare)
aasaani (partitive singular)
aasojani (partitive plural)
aasassani (inessive singular)
aasoissani (inessive plural)
aasastani (elative singular)
aasoistani (elative plural)
aasaani (illative singular)
aasoihini (illative plural)
aasallani (adessive singular)
aasoillani (adessive plural)
aasaltani (ablative singular)
aasoiltani (ablative plural)
aasalleni (allative singular)
aasoilleni (allative plural)
aasanani (essive singular)
aasoinani (essive plural)
aasakseni (singular translative)
aasoikseni (plural translative)
aasattani (abessive singular)
aasoittani (abessive plural)
aasoineni (comitative plural)
aasasi (nominative singular)
aasasi (nominative plural)
aasasi (accusative nominative singular)
aasasi (accusative nominative plural)
aasasi (accusative genitive singular)
aasasi (accusative genitive plural)
aasasi (genitive singular)
aasojesi (genitive plural)
aasaisi (genitive plural rare)
aasaasi (partitive singular)
aasojasi (partitive plural)
aasassasi (inessive singular)
aasoissasi (inessive plural)
aasastasi (elative singular)
aasoistasi (elative plural)
aasaasi (illative singular)
aasoihisi (illative plural)
aasallasi (adessive singular)
aasoillasi (adessive plural)
aasaltasi (ablative singular)
aasoiltasi (ablative plural)
aasallesi (allative singular)
aasoillesi (allative plural)
aasanasi (essive singular)
aasoinasi (essive plural)
aasaksesi (singular translative)
aasoiksesi (plural translative)
aasattasi (abessive singular)
aasoittasi (abessive plural)
aasoinesi (comitative plural)
aasamme (nominative singular)
aasamme (nominative plural)
aasamme (accusative nominative singular)
aasamme (accusative nominative plural)
aasamme (accusative genitive singular)
aasamme (accusative genitive plural)
aasamme (genitive singular)
aasojemme (genitive plural)
aasaimme (genitive plural rare)
aasaamme (partitive singular)
aasojamme (partitive plural)
aasassamme (inessive singular)
aasoissamme (inessive plural)
aasastamme (elative singular)
aasoistamme (elative plural)
aasaamme (illative singular)
aasoihimme (illative plural)
aasallamme (adessive singular)
aasoillamme (adessive plural)
aasaltamme (ablative singular)
aasoiltamme (ablative plural)
aasallemme (allative singular)
aasoillemme (allative plural)
aasanamme (essive singular)
aasoinamme (essive plural)
aasaksemme (singular translative)
aasoiksemme (plural translative)
aasattamme (abessive singular)
aasoittamme (abessive plural)
aasoinemme (comitative plural)
aasanne (nominative singular)
aasanne (nominative plural)
aasanne (accusative nominative singular)
aasanne (accusative nominative plural)
aasanne (accusative genitive singular)
aasanne (accusative genitive plural)
aasanne (genitive singular)
aasojenne (genitive plural)
aasainne (genitive plural rare)
aasaanne (partitive singular)
aasojanne (partitive plural)
aasassanne (inessive singular)
aasoissanne (inessive plural)
aasastanne (elative singular)
aasoistanne (elative plural)
aasaanne (illative singular)
aasoihinne (illative plural)
aasallanne (adessive singular)
aasoillanne (adessive plural)
aasaltanne (ablative singular)
aasoiltanne (ablative plural)
aasallenne (allative singular)
aasoillenne (allative plural)
aasananne (essive singular)
aasoinanne (essive plural)
aasaksenne (singular translative)
aasoiksenne (plural translative)
aasattanne (abessive singular)
aasoittanne (abessive plural)
aasoinenne (comitative plural)
aasansa (nominative singular)
aasansa (nominative plural)
aasansa (accusative nominative singular)
aasansa (accusative nominative plural)
aasansa (accusative genitive singular)
aasansa (accusative genitive plural)
aasansa (genitive singular)
aasojensa (genitive plural)
aasainsa (genitive plural rare)
aasaansa (partitive singular)
aasojaan (partitive plural)
aasojansa (partitive plural)
aasassaan (inessive singular)
aasassansa (inessive singular)
aasoissaan (inessive plural)
aasoissansa (inessive plural)
aasastaan (elative singular)
aasastansa (elative singular)
aasoistaan (elative plural)
aasoistansa (elative plural)
aasaansa (illative singular)
aasoihinsa (illative plural)
aasallaan (adessive singular)
aasallansa (adessive singular)
aasoillaan (adessive plural)
aasoillansa (adessive plural)
aasaltaan (ablative singular)
aasaltansa (ablative singular)
aasoiltaan (ablative plural)
aasoiltansa (ablative plural)
aasalleen (allative singular)
aasallensa (allative singular)
aasoilleen (allative plural)
aasoillensa (allative plural)
aasanaan (essive singular)
aasanansa (essive singular)
aasoinaan (essive plural)
aasoinansa (essive plural)
aasakseen (singular translative)
aasaksensa (singular translative)
aasoikseen (plural translative)
aasoiksensa (plural translative)
aasattaan (abessive singular)
aasattansa (abessive singular)
aasoittaan (abessive plural)
aasoittansa (abessive plural)
aasoineen (comitative plural)
aasoinensa (comitative plural)

From Swedish as, from Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

(Norse mythology) áss (one of the gods of the Æsir)


Siv

Siv (indefinite nominative)
Siv (accusative indefinite)
Siv (dative indefinite)
Sivjar (genitive indefinite)


Siv

From Old Norse Sif, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō.

(Norse mythology) Sif, the wife of Thor.


Siv

From Old Norse Sif. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1871 as Sif.


Sif

From Old Norse, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō; see also Old English sibb (“kinship”) (whence Middle English sib (“having kinship; kinsmen”), whence English sib, sibling), German Sippe (“tribe”).

cog

As already stated, Thor was, according to the Edda, married to Sibil, that is to say, the Sibylla, and the Edda adds that this Sibil is called Sif in the North. In the Teutonic mythology Thor's wife is the goddess Sif.

1889, Viktor Rydberg, Teutonic Mythology, page 60:

For some contemporary Heathens, Lammas is sacred to Sif and Thunor (see Our Troth online Chapter LIII). In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped Sif’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of corn.[…]Sif’s golden hair is a contemporary kenning for the cornfield as it is caressed by the breeze and makes gentle waves.

2005, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic, page 309:

(Norse mythology) A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.


Sif

Sif (indefinite nominative singular)
Sif (accusative indefinite singular)
Sif (dative indefinite singular)
Sifjar (genitive indefinite singular)


Middle Earth

From Middle English middelerthe, myddyl erthe; an alteration of earlier middel-erde, middelerd; in turn an alteration of earlier middenerd; from Old English middaneard (“Middle Earth”), variant of middanġeard (“Earth, the world”, literally “the middle yard, enclosure, or realm”) mis- or reinterpreting its meaning, from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) and *gʰórdʰos (“enclosure”). Cognate with Norwegian & English Midgard (q.v.) and Danish, Norwegian, & Swedish Midgård.

(chiefly Norse mythology) synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).


Vidar

From Old Norse Víðarr, from víðr (“wide”) + herr (“army”).


Vidar

From Old Norse Víðarr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1827.


Night

"In this prayer, Sigdrifa calls upon powers of Nature - Day, Night, Earth - and the gods and goddesses as a group.

1993, Our Troth, Ring of Troth and other True Folk, Ring of Troth, page 383

Hail to Night and her daughters.

1993, Teutonic Religion, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Llewellyn Publications, page 316

In another story, the Allfather, the original sky god from early Wyrd culture, took Night and her son Day, and gave to each of them a horse and chariot and put them in the sky, so that they should ride around the world every twenty-four hours.

1996, The Wisdom of the Wyrd, Brian Bates, Rider, page 48

(Germanic paganism) The goddess of the night in Heathenry.


Yggdrasil

Borrowed from Old Norse Yggdrasill; commonly accepted as being composed Yggr (“terrible”) + drasill (“steed”), where “steed” refers to a hanging tree or possibly from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”).

Yet it is not easy to pluck out the heart of its mystery; and the descriptions of certain ancient representatives of Yggdrasil do not lessen the difficulty.

1863, The London Quarterly Review, volumes 113-114, page 117:

With nostrils and legs akimbo, she towered over him like some human Yggdrasill, blotting out the sun.

1963, Spike Milligan, chapter 1, in Puckoon, page 1:

1996, Carolyne Larrington (editor and translator), The Seeress's Prophecy, The Poetic Edda, page 6,
I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasill,
a high tree, soaked with shining loam;
from there come the dews which fall in the valley,
ever green, it stands over the well of fate.

In Norse mythology, for example, the World Tree, or Yggdrasil, connected the nine existences that straddled the worlds of gods and men with its mighty roots. Yggdrasil was reputedly a gigantic ash tree (and was the central feature of Norse cosmology), around the base of which the serpent Níôhöggr had twisted its body.

2007, Bob Curran, Ian Daniels, Walking with the Green Man: Father of the Forest, Spirit of Nature, page 66:

“Yggdrasil!” Gudbjartur's voice was filled with awe. “It is Yggdrasil, the world-tree!” He looked at Halfdan, his eyes wide. “The Sacred Grove is here in this land!”

2007, J. A. Hunsinger, The Settlers: An Axe of Iron Novel, page 333:

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.


Yggdrasil

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Yggdrasill, from Yggr + drasill (“steed”).


Yggdrasil

/²ʏɡːˌdraːsɪl/


Thor's beard

Sempervivum tectorum
Sempervivum tectorum#Translingual

(Germanic paganism) The plant houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), as used in Heathenry.


Thor's hammer

(Norse mythology, Germanic paganism) Mjöllnir (Mjollnir), the distinctively T-shaped war-hammer of the Norse thunder god Thor, or a representation thereof, now used as a symbol by various pagan religious groups.


Sky Father

(Germanic paganism) Title for any of the highest gods of Heathenry, but especially Tiw/Tyr.


world-ash

Ash is a strongly runic tree by implication, the world-ash Yggdrasil being the tree from which Odin hung in order to obatin the runes.

1993, Bernard King, The elements of the Runes, Thorsons Element, →ISBN, page 95:

This eventuality would not be surprising if the world ash was, at the time, a small young tree.

1988, David A. White, The turning wheel: a study of contracts and oaths in Wagner's ring, page 108:

(Norse mythology and Germanic paganism) Yggdrasil.


Yngvi

Yngvi (indefinite nominative singular)
Yngva (accusative indefinite singular)
Yngva (dative indefinite singular)
Yngva (genitive indefinite singular)

(Norse mythology) Yngvi, the god Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr


Yngvi

Yngva (genitive)
Yngvi (indefinite nominative)
Yngva (accusative indefinite)
Yngva (dative indefinite)
Yngva (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Yngvi

Icelandic: Yngvi

Faroese: Yngvi

Norwegian Nynorsk: Yngve

Old Swedish: Yngvi, Yngwi, Inge

Swedish: Yngve

From Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz. Cognate with Old English Ing, Latin Ingaevones.


spae-craft

Twelfth Night is particularly a time fo fore-tellings; if there is a skilled rune-reader or someone with spae-craft in the group, this is when they should cast or speak for the year ahead.

1993, Our Troth: History and Lore, →ISBN, page 570:

The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.

1994, Kveldúlf Hagan Gundarsson, Teutonic Magic: The Magical & Spiritual Practices of the Germanic Peoples, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 216:

I have the privilege of having a very wise and kind idis, Ealgitha, who teaches me spaecraft and other things.

1997, Elmindreda Pukwdugie, Winifred Hodge, Lina (Heathen Journal), volume 3, number 1:

(Germanic paganism) The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.


oath-ring

(Germanic paganism) A ring (particularly an arm ring) on which oaths are sworn.


Redbeard

Redbeard!

1989, Eldred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 146:

The radiant goddess, wise in womans wisdom, foresaw a future as secure as the oak pillars of redbeards hall, and knew true hearts gladness as the sacred vows were made.

1999, Thunder, issue 10, How Sif Got Her Golden Hair (Thorskegga Thorn)

(Norse mythology, sagas and Germanic paganism) The god Thor.


rainbow bridge

1993 The Rites of Odin, Ed Fitch, Llewellyn, →ISBN, page 273.
O High Ones of the Rainbow Bridge, Thou hast heard that which is my need And my desire.

1998 Heartland, Volume 1, Issue 3 (Heathen Journal), I Believe, Joanne Fletcher - Holloway.
With nature I give and feel her pain, In Freyja's arms I'm at peace again, And in all I've heard, And in all I've read, My life is anew, like the eagle that flew, Across the Rainbow Bridge, Myself to myself, I give to you.

2004 The Book of Seithr, Runic John, Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 82.
Asgard stands perched on the highest branches of the tree, where it is reached by crossing Bifrost, the rainbow bridge.

(Germanic paganism) The road between the realm of the gods and the realm of men in Heathenry which appears in the form of a rainbow; Bifrost.


Norse Tradition

1997 Pagan Dawn issue 125 (Pagan magazine), Call us Heathens, Arlea Anschutz and Steven Hunt.
Norse Tradition is another similar term, but instead of being too broad, it[']s too narrow.

1998 The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 1.
The Norse Tradition, sometimes known as Odinism (after its chief god Odin), sometimes called Northern Tradition (as in Northern Europe) or Asatru (from the words meaning 'a faith in the Gods') is attractive today for many of the reasons for which it was followed long ago.

2001 Goddess of the North, Lynda C. Welch, Weisser Books, →ISBN, page 226.
While an entire book could be written about the spiritual symbols of the Norse Tradition, the purpose here is to give a brief description, without compromising the reader's own intuition concerning the symbols.

(Germanic paganism) The religion of Heathenry, a modern faith inspired by the ancient pagan beliefs of the Germanic tribes, Anglo-Saxons and Norse peoples.


Winter Finding

1985 The Wisdom of the Runes, Michael Howard, Rider & Company, →ISBN, page 133.
Winter Finding.

1998 The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 70.
Asatru: Sheddingmoon Bede: Halegmonath Roman Date: Sept 23 Festival: Winter-Finding Theme: Harvest end.

2006 Everything you need to know about Paganism, Selene Silverwind, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 106.
Winter Finding; is also referred to as Harvest.

(Germanic paganism) A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of fall, held on the autumn equinox.


Summer Finding

1985 The Wisdom of the Runes, Michael Howard, Rider & Company, →ISBN, page 133.
Summer Finding.

1989 A Book of Troth, Eldred Thorsson, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 54.
The tide of the spring fetival, Easter, is rekoned as mentioned above - the first full Moon after the spring equinox, or Summer Finding.

2006 Everything you need to know about Paganism, Selene Silverwind, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 104.
Other names for Summer Finding are Ostara and Easter.

(Germanic paganism) A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of spring, held on the spring equinox.


jötunn

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jötunn m (genitive singular jötuns, nominative plural jötnar)

jötuns (genitive singular)
jötnar (nominative plural)
jötunn (indefinite nominative singular)
jötunninn (definite nominative singular)
jötnar (indefinite nominative plural)
jötnarnir (definite nominative plural)
jötun (accusative indefinite singular)
jötuninn (accusative definite singular)
jötna (accusative indefinite plural)
jötnana (accusative definite plural)
jötni (dative indefinite singular)
jötninum (dative definite singular)
jötnum (dative indefinite plural)
jötnunum (dative definite plural)
jötuns (genitive indefinite singular)
jötunsins (definite genitive singular)
jötna (genitive indefinite plural)
jötnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse jǫtunn, Cognate with Swedish jätte, Danish jætte, Norwegian jotnar, jotne.


hex sign

Compound of hex + sign, coined in English.

(Germanic paganism) A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising a six-petaled flower or star set within a circle, as a New Age adaptation of the above.


Ases' Garth

1993 Our Troth, the Ring of Troth and other true folk, →ISBN, page 262.
There are nine worlds: the Ases' Garth (or God Home), Light Alf-Home, the Middle-Garth (Middenerd, Middle-Earth, or Man Home), Nibel-Home, Etin Home, Muspell-Home, Wan-Home, Swart Alf-Home, and Hel-Home (which also includes Niflhel), Misty-Dark Hel, a lower realm into which, according to Vafthrudnismal, men die out of Hel.

1997 Teutonic Religion, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 10.
Ases' Garth

1997 Lina Volume 3, Issue 2 (Heathen Journal), Love Songs for Sif and Thor, Winifred Hodge.
My Sif, Even the wide plains, Even Middle Garth's broad reaches, Even Ase's Garth itself Cannot hold our love enclosed.


Asafolk

The first element is cognate to the first element of Ásatrú, and derives from Old Norse or Icelandic áss (“god”). The second element is folk.

All Asatru organizations, publications, independent kindreds, and just plain Asafolk are asked to take part.

1996, Lina, Ostara, volume 1, issue 4 (Heathen Journal), An Open Message to All Asafolk

Gamlinginn claims pines have spiritual significance for Asafolk.

1997, Lina, volume 2, issue 4 (Heathen Journal), Second Annual Yggdrasil Day (Charles Spratling)

Most Asafolk seem to have the attitude 'I found the gods, and I'm better off for it.'

1998, Lina, volume 4, issue 2 (Heathen Journal), News and Announcements (Dave Haxton)

(uncommon, modern Germanic paganism) Followers of Heathenry.


trefot

1984 Futharc A Handbook of Runic Magic, Eldred Thorson, Weser, →ISBN, page 108.
Trefot - dynamic power from the three realms of being and the threefold evolutionary force.

1993 Our Troth, by the Ring of Troth and other true folk, The Ring of Troth, →ISBN, page 668.
Trefot - also called triskelion (swirling form).

1997 Theod Volume IV Number 1 (Heathen Journal), Two Charms Against Dwarves, Eric Lord Wodening.
If so we can be assured that the crosses were substituted for some heathen symbol, valkntR, trefot or fylfot.

(Germanic paganism) A three-armed spiral symbol used in Heathenry to represent the god Woden or the Norns.