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Wendag
Debat oor Christendom en Godsdiens

The Poetic Edda



Pronouncing Index Of Proper Names


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Introductory Note

The pronunciations indicated in the following index are in many cases, at best, mere approximations, and in some cases the pronunciation of the Old Norse is itself more or less conjectural. For the sake of clarity it has seemed advisable to keep the number of phonetic symbols as small as possible, even though the result is occasional failure to distinguish between closely related sounds. In every in stance the object has been to provide the reader with a clearly comprehensible and approximately correct pronunciation, for which reason, particularly in such matters as division of syllables, etymology has frequently been disregarded for the sake of phonetic clearness. For example, when a root syllable ends in a long (double) consonant, the division has arbitrarily been made so as to indicate the sounding of both elements (e. g., Am-ma, not Amm-a).

As many proper names occur in the notes but not in the text, and as frequently the more important incidents connected with the names are outlined in notes which would not be indicated by textual references alone, the page numbers include all appearances of proper names in the notes as well as in the text.

The following general rules govern the application of the phonetic symbols used in the index, and also indicate the approximate pronunciation of the unmarked vowels and consonants.


Vowels:

The vowels are pronounced approximately as follows:

a -- as in "alone"

â -- as in "father"

e -- as in "men"

ê -- as a in "fate"

i -- as in "is"

î -- as in "machine"

û -- as ou in "wound"

y -- as i in "is" *

ÿ -- as ee in "free" *

æ -- as e in "men"

æ -- as a in "fate"

o -- as in "on"

ô -- as in "old"

ö -- as in German "öffnen"

ö -- as in German "schön"

ö -- as aw in "law"

u -- as ou in "would"

ei -- as ey in "they"

ey -- as in "they"

au -- as ou in "out"

ai -- as i in "fine"


[* Both with a slight sound of German ü.]


No attempt has been made to differentiate between the short open "o" and the short closed "o," which for speakers of English closely resemble one another.


Consonants:

The consonants are pronounced approximately as in English, with the following special points to be noted:

G is always hard, as in "get," never soft, as in "gem;" following "n" it has the same sound as in "sing."

J is pronounced as y in "young."

Th following a vowel is soft, as in "with;" at the beginning of a word or following a consonant it is hard, as in "thin."

The long (doubled) consonants should be pronounced as in Italian, both elements being distinctly sounded; e. g., "Am-ma."

S is always hard, as in "so," "this," never soft, as in "as."

H enters into combinations with various following consonants; with "v" the sound is approximately that of wh in "what"; with "l" "r" and "n" it produces sounds which have no exact English equivalents, but which can be approximated by pronouncing the consonants with a marked initial breathing.


Accents:

The accented syllable in each name is indicated by the acute accent ('). In many names, however, and particularly in compounds, there is both a primary and a secondary, accent, and where this is the case the primary, stress is indicated by a double acute accent ('') and the secondary one by a single acute accent ('). To avoid possible confusion with the long vowel marks used in Old Norse texts, the accents are placed, not over the vowels, but after the accented syllables.


Pronouncing:

A:

Æg'-ir, the sea-god

Æk'-in, a river

Af'-i, Grandfather

Ag'-nar, a warrior

Ag'-nar, brother of Geirröth

Ag'-nar, son of Geirröth

Âi, a dwarf

Âi, Great-Grandfather

Alf, a dwarf

Alf, husband of Hjordis

Alf, slayer of Helgi

Alf, son of Dag

Alf, son of Hring

Alf, son of Hunding

Alf, son of Ulf

Alf'-heim, home of the elves

Alf'-hild, wife of Hjorvarth

Alf'-roth-ul, the sun

Al'-grön, an island

Âl'-i, a warrior

Alm'-veig, wife of Halfdan

Â'-lof, daughter of Franmar

Al'-svith, a giant

Al'-svith, a horse

Al'-thjöf, a dwarf

Al'-vald-i, a giant

Al'-vis, a dwarf

Al''-vîss-möl, the Ballad of Alvis

Âm, son of Dag

Am'-bött, daughter of Thræll

Am'-ma, Grandmother

Ân, a dwarf

And'-hrim-nir, a cook

And''-var-a-naut', a ring

And'-var-i, a dwarf

An'-gan-tÿr, a berserker

An'-gan-tÿr, a warrior

Ang'-eyj-a, mother of Heimdall

Angr'-both-a, a giantess

Arf'-i, son of Jarl

Ar''-in-nef'-ja, daughter of Thræll

Arn'-grîm, father of the berserkers

Âr'-vak, a horse

As''-a-thôr', Thor

As'-garth, home of the gods

Ask, Ash

Âs'-laug, daughter of Brynhild

Âs'-mund, a giant (?)

Ath'-al, son of Jarl

At'-la, mother of Heimdall

At''-la-kvith'-a, the Lay of Atli

At''-la-môl', the Ballad of Atli

At'-li, Attila

At'-li, son of Hring

At'-li, son of Ithmund

At'-rîth, Othin

Aur'-both-a, a giantess

Aur'-both-a, Mengloth's handmaid

Aur'-gelm-ir, Ymir

Aur'-vang, a dwarf

Austr'-i, a dwarf

Auth, mother of Harald Battle-Tooth

Auth'-a, sister of Agnar

Auth'-i, son of Halfdan the Old

B:

Baldr, a god

Baldrs Draurnar, Baldr's Dreams

Bâl'-eyg, Othin

Bar'-i, a dwarf

Barn, son of Jarl

Bar'-ri, a berserker

Bar'-ri, a forest, ixg

Beit'-i, Atli's steward

Bekk'-hild, sister of Brynhild

Bel'-i, a giant

Ber'-a, Kostbera

Ber'-gel-mir, a giant

Best'-la, Othin's mother

Beyl'-a, servant of Freyr

Bif'-lind-i, Othin

Bif'-rost, the rainbow bridge

Bî'-fur, a dwarf

Bik'-ki, follower of Jormunrek

Bîl'-eyg, Othin

Bil'-ling, a giant (?)

Bil'-rost, the rainbow bridge

Bil'-skirn-ir, Thor's dwelling

Bjort, Mengloth's handmaid

Blâin, Ymir (?)

Bleik, Mengloth's handmaid

Blind, follower of Hunding

Blîth, Mengloth's handmaid

Bod'-di, son of Karl

Bô'-fur, a dwarf

Bolm, an island

Bol'-thorn, Othin's grandfather

Bol'-verk, Othin

Bom'-bur, a dwarf

Bond'-i, son of Karl

Borg'-ar, brother of Borghild (?)

Borg'-hild, mother of Helgi

Borg'-nÿ, daughter of Heithrek

Both'-vild, daughter of Nithuth

Brag'-a-lund, a forest

Brag'-i, a god

Brag'-i, brother of Sigrun

Brag'-i Bod'-da-son, a skald

Brâ'-lund, birthplace of Helgi

Brâm'-i, a berserker

Brand'-ey, an island

Bratt'-skegg, son of Karl

Brâ'-voll, a field

Breith, son of Karl

Breith'-a-blik, Baldr's home

Brim'-ir, a giant

Brim'-ir, a sword

Bris'-ings, the dwarfs

Brodd, follower of Hrolf

Brot af Sig''-urth-ar-kvith'-u, Fragment of a Sigurth Lay

Brun''-a-vâg'-ar, a harbor

Brûth, daughter of Karl

Bryn'-hild, wife of Gunnar

Bû'-i, a berserker

Bû'-i, son of Karl

Bund''-in-skeg'-gi, son of Karl

Bur, father of Othin

Bur, son of Jarl

Buth'-Ii, father of Atli

Buth'-lungs, descendants of Buthli

Bygg'-vir, Freyr's servant

Bÿ'-leist (or Bÿ'-leipt), brother of Loki

D:

Dag, a god (Day)

Dag, brother of Sigrun

Dag, husband of Thora

Dâin, a dwarf

Dâin, a hart

Dâin, an elf

Dan, a king

Dan'-a, daughter of Danp

Danp, a king

Del'-ling, father of Day

Digr'-ald-i, son of Thræll

Dog'-ling, Delling

Dög'-lings, descendants of Dag

Dolg'-thras-ir, a dwarf

Dôr'-i, a dwarf

Drâp Nifl'-ung-a, the Slaying of the Niflungs

Draup'-nir, a dwarf

Draup'-nir, a ring

Dreng, son of Karl

Drott, son of Thræll

Drumb, son of Thræll

Drumb'-a, daughter of Thræll

Dûf, a dwarf

Dun'-eyr, a hart

Dur'-in, a dwarf

Dval'-in, a dwarf

Dval'-in, a hart

Dyr'-a-thrôr, a hart

E:

Ed'-da, Great-Grandmother

Egg'-thêr, the giants' watchman

Eg'-il, brother of Völund

Eg'-il, father of Thjalfi (?)

Eg''-ils-sag'-a, the Saga of Egil

Eik''-in-skjald'-i, a dwarf

Eik''-in-tjas'-na, daughter of Thræll

Eik'-thyrn-ir, a hart

Eir, Mengloth's handmaid

Eist'-la, mother of Heimdall

Eit'-il, son of Atli

Eld'-hrim-nir, a kettle

Eld'-ir, Ægir's servant

El''-i-vâg'-ar, the Milky Way (?)

Emb'-la, Elm

Ern'-a, Wife of Jarl

Erp, son of Atli

Erp, son of Jonak

Ey'-fur-a, mother of the berserkers

Eyj'-olf, son of Hunding

Ey'-lim-i, father of Hjordis

Ey'-lim-i, father of Svava

Ey'-môth, Atli's emissary

Ey'-mund, king of Holmgarth

Eyr'-gjaf-a, mother of Heimdall

F:

Fâf'-nir, brother of Regin

Fâf''-nis-môl', the Ballad of Fafnir

Fal'-hôfn-ir, a horse

Far'-baut-i, father of Loki

Farm'-a-tÿr, Othin

Fath'-ir, Father

Feim'-a, daughter of Karl

Feng, Othin

Fen'-ja, a giantess

Fenr'-ir, a wolf

Fen'-sal-ir, Frigg's hall

Fil'-i, a dwarf

Fim'-a-feng, Ægir's servant

Fim'-bul-thul, a river

Fith, a dwarf

Fit'-jung, Earth

Fjal'-ar, a cock

Fjal'-ar, a dwarf

Fjal'-ar, Suttung (?)

Fjal'-ar, Utgartha-Loki

Fjol'-kald, Svifidag's grandfather

Fjol'-nir, Othin

Fjol''-svinns-môl' the Ballad of Fjolsvith

Fjol'-svith, Mengloth's watchman

Fjol'-svith, Othin

Fjol'-var, a giant (?)

Fjôn, an island

Fjorg'-yn, Jorth

Fjorg'-yn, Othin

Fjorm, a river

Fjorn'-ir, Gunnar's cupbearer

Fjors'-ungs, the fishes (?)

Fjôsn'-ir, son of Thræll

Fjot'-ur-lund, a forest

Fljôth, daughter of Karl

Folk'-vang, Freyja's home

For'-set-i, a god

Fôst''-brœth-ra-sag'-a, the Saga of the Foster-Brothers

Frâ Dauth'-a Sinf'-jotl-a, Of Sinfjotli's Death

Fræg, a dwarf

Frân'-ang, a waterfall

Frân'-mar, Sigrlin's foster father

Frâr, a dwarf

Frath'-mar, son of Dag

Frek'-a-stein, a battlefield

Frek'-i, a Wolf

Frek'-i, son of Dag

Frey'-ja, a goddess

Freyr, a god

Fri'-aut, daughter of Hildigun

Frigg, a goddess

Frith, Mengloth's handmaid

Frost'-i, a dwarf

Frôth'-i, a Danish king

Frôth'-i, father of Hledis

Frôth'-i, father of Kari (?)

Ful'-la, Frigg's handmaid

Ful'-nir, son of Thrall

Fund'-in, a dwarf

G:

Gagn'-râth, Othin

Gand'-alf, a dwarf

Gang, brother of Thjazi

Gang'-ler-i, King Gylfi

Gang'-ler-i, Othin

Garm, a hound

Gast'-ropn-ir, Mengloth's dwelling

Gaut, Othin

Gef'-jun, a goddess

Geir'-mund, kinsman of Atli

Geir'-on-ul, a Valkyrie

Geir'-röth, a king

Geir'-skog-ul, a Valkyrie

Geir'-vim-ul, a river

Geit'-ir, Gripir's servant

Ger'-i, a hound

Ger'-i, a wolf

Gerth, daughter of Gymir

Gîf, a hound

Gim'-lê, a mountain

Gin'-nar, a dwarf

Gin''-nung-a-gap', Yawning Gap

Gip'-ul, a river

Gîsl, a horse

Gjaf'-laug, Gjuki's sister

Gjal''-lar-horn', Heimdall's horn

Gjol, a river

Gjolp, mother of Heimdall

Gjûk'-i, father of Gunnar

Gjûk'-i, son of Hogni

Gjûk'-ungs, Gjuki's sons

Glap'-svith, Othin

Glas'-ir, a forest

Glath, a horse

Glaths'-heim, Othin's dwelling

Glaum, Atli's horse

Glaum'-vor, wife of Gunnar

Gleip'-nir, a chain

Gler, a horse

Glit'-nîr, Forseti's dwelling

Glô'-in, a dwarf

Gnip''-a-hel'-lir, a cave

Gnip'-a-lund, a forest

Gnit'-a-heith, Fafnir's mountain

Gô'-in, a serpent

Gol, a Valkyrie

Gol''-lin-kamb'-i, a cock

Goll'-nir, a giant (?)

Goll'-rond, daughter of Gjuki

Goll'-topp, a horse

Goll'-veig, a Wane

Gom'-ul, a river

Gond'-lir, Othin

Gond'-ul, a Valkyrie

Gop'-ul, a river

Gorm (the Old), King of Denmark

Goth'-mund, son of Granmar

Got'-thorm, slayer of Sigurth

Grâ'-bak, a serpent

Graf'-vit-nir, a serpent

Graf'-vol-luth, a serpent

Gram, Sigurth's sword

Gran'-i, Sigurth's horse

Gran'-mar, father of Hothbrodd

Greip, mother of Heimdall

Gret'-tir, a hero

Gret''-tis-sag'-a, the Saga of Grettir

Grîm, follower of Hrolf

Grîm, Othin

Grîm'-hild, wife of Gjuki

Grîm'-nir, Othin

Grim''-nis-môl, the Ballad of Grimnir

Grip'-ir, Sigurth's uncle

Grip''-is-spô', Gripir's Prophecy

Grô'-a, mother of Svipdag

Grôth, a river

Grot''-ta-songr', the Song of Grotti

Grot'-ti, a mill

Grô''-u-galdr', Groa's Spell

Gull'-fax-i, a horse

Gull''-in-tan'-ni, Heimdall

Gung'-nir, a spear

Gun'-nar, brother of Borghild (?)

Gun'-nar, follower of Hrolf

Gun'-nar, son of Gjuki

Gunn'-loth, daughter of Suttung

Gunn'-thor-in, a river

Gunn'-thrô, a river

Gust, Andvari (?)

Guth, a Valkyrie

Guth'-rûn, wife of Sigurth

Guth''-rûn-ar-hvot', Guthrun's Inciting

Guth''-rûn-ar-kvith'-a I (en-Fyrst'-a), the First Lay of Guthrun

Guth''-rûn-ar-kvith'-a II (On'-nur, en Forn'-a), the Second (Old) Lay of Guthrun

Guth''-rûn-ar-kvith'-a III (Thrith'-ja), the Third Lay of Guthrun

Gylf''-a-gin'-ning, the Deceiving of Gylfi

Gyl'-lir, a horse

Gym'-ir, Ægir

Gym'-ir, a giant

Gyrth, son of Dag

H:

Had'-ding, a Danish king

Had''-ding-ja-skat'-i, Haddings'-Hero (Helgi)

Had'-dings, berserkers

Hæm'-ing, son of Hunding

Hag'-al, Helgi's foster-father

Hak'-i, son of Hvethna

Hal, son of Karl

Hâlf, King of Horthaland

Half'-dan, father of Kara

Half'-dan (the Old), a Danish king

Hâlfs'-sag-a, the Saga of Half

Ham'-al, son of Hagal

Ham'-thêr, son of Jonak

Ham''-thês-môl', the Ballad of Hamther

Ha'-mund, son of Sigmund

Han'-nar, a dwarf

Hâr, Othin

Har'-ald (Battle-Tooth), son of Hrörek

Har'-ald (Blue-Tooth), King of Denmark

Hâr'-barth, Othin

Hâr''-barths-ljôth', the Poem of Harbarth

Hat'-a-fjord, a fjord

Hat'-i, a giant

Hat'-i, a wolf

Haug'-spor-i, a dwarf

Heer'-fath-er, Othin

Heim'-dall, a god

Heim'-ir, Brynhild's foster-father

Heith, daughter of Hrimnir

Heith, Gollweg (?)

Heith'-draup-nir, Mimir (?)

Heith'-rek, father of Borgny

Heith'-rûn, a goat

Hel, goddess of the dead

Hel'-blind-i, Othin

Helg''-a-kvith'-a Hjor''-varths-son'-ar, the Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth

Helg''-a-kvith'-a Hund''-ings ban'-a I (en Fyr'-ri), the First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane

Helg''-a-kvith'-a Hund''-ings ban'-a II (On'-nur), the Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane

Helg'-i (Had''-ding-ja-skat'-i), Helgi the Haddings-Hero

Helg'-i, Hialmgunnar (?)

Helg'-i, son of Hjorvarth

Helg'-i, son of Sigmund

Hel'-reith Bryn'-hild-ar, Brynhild's Hell-Ride

Hept''-i-fil'-i, a dwarf

Her'-borg, queen of the Huns

Her'-fjot-ur, a Valkyrie

Her'-jan, Othin

Herk'-ja, Atli's servant

Her'-môth, son of Othin

Hers'-ir, father of Erna

Her'-teit, Othin

Her''-var-ar-sag'-a, the Saga of Hervor

Her'-varth, a berserker

Her'-varth, son of Hunding

Her'-vor, a swan-maiden

Heth'-in, brother of Helgi

Heth'-ins-ey, an island

Hild, a Valkyrie

Hild, Brynhild

Hild, mother of King Half

Hild-i-gun, daughter of Sækonung

Hild''-i-svîn'-i, a boar

Hild-olf, a warrior

Him'-in-bjorg, Heimdall's dwelling

Him''-in-vang'-ar, Heaven's Field

Hind-ar-fjoll, Brynhild's mountain

Hjal'-li, Atli's cook

Hjalm'-ar, a warrior

Hjalm'-ber-i, Othin

Hjalm'-gun-nar, a Gothic king

Hjalp'-rek, father of Alf

Hjor'-dîs, mother of Sigurth

Hjor'-leif, father of King Half

Hjor'-leif, followier of Helgi

Hjor'-varth, a berserker

Hjor'-varth, father of Helgi

Hjor'-varth, father of Hvethna

Hjor'-varth, son of Hunding

Hlath'-guth, a swan-maiden

Hlê'-barth, a giant

Hlê'-bjorg, a mountain

Hlê'-dîs, mother of Ottar

Hlêr, Ægir

Hlês'-ey, an island

Hlê-vang, a dwarf

Hlîf, Mengloth's handmaid

Hlîf-thras-a, Mengloth's handmaid

Hlîn, Frigg

Hlîth'-skjolf, Othin's seat

Hlokk, a Valkyrie

Hlôr'-rith-i, Thor

Hloth'-varth, follower of Helgi

Hloth'-vêr, a Frankish king

Hloth'-vêr, father of Htrvor

Hloth'-yn, Jorth

Hlym'-dal-ir, Brynhild's home

Hnifl'-ung, son of Hogni

Hnifl'-ungs, the people of Gjuki (Nibelungs)

Hnik'-ar, Othin

Hnik'-uth, Othin

Hô'-alf, a Danish king

Hô'-alf, King Half of Horthaland

Hô'-brôk, a hawk

Hodd'-mim-ir, Mimir

Hodd'-rof-nir, Mimir (?)

Hog'-ni, brother of Sigar

Hog'-ni, father of Sigrun

Hog'-ni, son of Gjuki

Hôk'-on, father of Thora

Hol, a river

Holm'-garth, Russia

Holth, son of Karl

Hön'-ir, a god

Hôr, a dwarf

Hôr, Othin

Horn; a river

Horn'-bor-i, a dwarf

Horth'-a-land, Half's kingdom

Hörv'-ir, follower of Hrolf

Hos'-vir, son of Thræll

Hoth, slayer of Baldr

Hoth'-brodd, son of Granmar

Hô'-tûn, Helgi's home

Hôv''-a-môl'- the Ballad of the High One

Hô'-varth, son of Hunding

Hræ'-svelg, an eagle

Hran'-i, a berserker

Hrauth'-ung, ancestor of Hjordis

Hrauth'-ung, father of Geirröth

Hreim, son of Thrall

Hreith'-mar, father of Regin

Hrim'-fax-i, a horse

Hrim'-gerth, a giantess

Hrim''-gerth-a-môl', the Ballad of Hrimgerth

Hrîm'-grim-nir, a giant

Hrim'-nir, a giant

Hring, a warrior

Hring'-stath-ir, Ringsted

Hring'-stoth, Ringsted (?)

Hrist, a Valkyrie

Hrîth, a river

Hrô'-ar, brother of Borghild (?)

Hrolf (the Old), King of Gautland

Hrol'-laug, a warrior

Hrô'-mund, a warrior

Hrô'-mund-ar Sag'-a Greips'-son-ar, the Saga of Hromund Greipsion

Hron, a river

Hrôpt, Othin

Hrôpt'-a-tÿr, Othin

Hrö'-rek, King of Denmark

Hross'-thjôf, son of Hrimnir

Hrôth, a giant

Hrôth'-mar, lover of Sigrlin

Hrôth'-vit-nir, Fenrir

Hrot'-ti, a sword

Hrung'-nir, a giant

Hrym, a giant

Hug'-in, a raven

Hum'-lung, son of Hjorvarth

Hund'-ing, enemy of Sigmund

Hund'-land, Hunding's kingdom

Hver'-gel-mir, a spring

Hveth'-na, mother of Haki

Hym'-ir, a giant

Hym''-is-kvith'-a, the Lay of Hymir

Hym'-ling, son of Hjorvarth

Hynd'-la, a giantess

Hynd''-lu-ljôth', the Poem of Hyndla

I:

If'-ing, a river

Im, son of Vafthruthnir

Imth, a giant

Imth, mother of Heimdall

Ing'-un, sister of Njorth (?)

Ing'-un-ar = Freyr, Freyr

In'-stein, father of Ottar

Îr'-i, a dwarf

Îs'-Olf, son of Olmoth

Îs'-ung, a warrior

Ith'-a-voll, meeting-place of the gods

Îth'-i, brother of Thjazi

Ith'-mund, follower of Hjorvarth

Îth'-un, a goddess

Î'-vald-i, a dwarf

I'-var, King of Sweden

J:

Jafn'-hôr, Othin

Jalk, Othin

Jar'-i, a dwarf

Jar'-iz-leif, Atli's emissary

Jar'-iz-skâr, Atli's emissary

Jarl, son of Rig

Jarn'-sax-a, a giantess

Jarn'-sax-a, mother of Heimdall

Jof'-ur-rnar, son of Dag

Jôn-ak, father of Hamther

Jor'-mun-rek, Ermanarich

Jorth, Earth

Jôth, son of Jarl

Jot'-un-heim, the world of the giants

K:

Kâr'-a, daughter of Ha1fdan

Kâr'-i, ancestor of Ketil

Karl, son of Rig

Kâr''-u-1jôth', the Poem of Kara

Kef'-sir, son of Thræll

Ker'-laug, a river

Ket'-il Horth'-a = Kâr'-i, husband of Hildigun

Kîl'-i, a dwarf

Kjal'-ar, Othin

Kjâr, father of Olrun

Kleg'-gi, son of Thræll

Klûr, son of Thræll

Klypp, father of Ketil

Knê'-fröth, Atli's messenger

Kolg'-a, daughter of Ægir

Kon, son of Rig

Kormt, a river

Kost'-ber-a, wife of Hogni

Kumb'-a, daughter of Thræll

Kund, son of Jarl

L:

Læ'-gjarn, Loki

Læ'-rith, Yggdrasil

Læv'-a-tein, a sword

Lauf'-ey, mother of Loki

Leg'-gjald-i, son of Thræll

Leipt, a river

Leir'-brim-ir, Ymir (?)

Lêtt'-fet-i, a horse

Lîf, mother of the new race

Lîf-thras-ir, father of the new race

Lim'-a-fjord, a fjord

Lit, a dwarf

Ljôth'-a-tal, the List of Charms

Lodd''-fâf-nir, a singer

Lodd''-fâf-nis-môl', the Ballad of Loddfafnir

Lof'-ar, a dwarf

Lofn'-heith, daughter of Hreithmar

Log'-a-fjoll, a mountain

Lok''-a-sen'-na, Loki's Wrangling

Lok'-i, a god

Lôn'-i, a dwarf

Lopt, Loki

Loth'-in, a giant

Lôth'-ur, Loki

Lût, son of Thræll

Lyf'-ja-berg, a mountain

Lyng'-heith, daughter of Hreithmar

Lyng'-vi, son of Hunding

Lÿr, Mengloth's hall

M:

Mag'-ni, son of Thor

Mân'-i, Moon

Meil'-i, brother of Thor

Mêln'-ir, a horse

Men'-gloth, beloved of Svipdag

Men'-ja, a giantess

Mim (or Mim'-ir), a water-spirit

Mîm'-a-meith, Yggdrasil

Mîm'-ir, brother of Regin

Mist, a Valkyrie

Mith'-garth, the world of men

Mith''-garths-orm', a serpent

Mith'-vit-nir, a giant

Mjoll'-nir, Thor's hammer

Mjoth'-vit-nir, a dwarf

Mog, son of Jarl

Mog'-thras-ir, a giant (?)

Mô'-in, a serpent

Mô''-ins-heim'-ar, a battlefield

Morn'-a-land, an eastern country

Môth'-i, son of Thor

Môth'-ir, mother of Jarl

Môt'-sog-nir, a dwarf

Mund''-il-fer'-i, father of Sol

Mun'-in, a raven

Mû'-spell, father of the fire-dwellers

Mû'-spells-heim, home of the fire-dwellers

Mÿln'-ir, a horse

Myrk'-heirn, Myrkwood (Atli's land)

Myrk'-wood, a forest in Atli's land

Myrk'-wood, a forest in Hothbrodd's land

Myrk'-wood, a forest in Muspellsheim

Myrk'-wood, a forest in Nithuth's land

N:

Nab'-bi, a dwarf

Nagl'-far, a ship

Nâin, a dwarf

Nal, Laufey

Nâl'-i, a dwarf

Nan'-na, daughter of Nokkvi

Nan'-na, wife of Baldr

Nâr, a dwarf

Narf'-i, Nor

Narf'-i, son of Loki

Nâ'-strond, Corpse-Strand

Nep, father of Nanna

Ner'-i, a giant (?)

Nifl'-heirn, the world of the dead

Nifl'-hel, land of the dead

Nifl'-ungs, the people of Gjuki (Nibelungs)

Nîp'-ing, a dwarf

Nith, son of Jarl

Nith'-a-fjoll, a mountain

Nîth''-a-vel'-lir, home of the dwarfs

Nith'-hogg, a dragon

Nith'-i, a dwarf

Nith'-jung, son of Jarl

Nith'-uth, king of the Njars

Njâls'-sag-a, the Saga of Njal

Njars, the people of Nithuth

Njorth, a Wane

Nô'-a-tûn, home of Njorth

Nokk'-vi, father of Nanna

Non, a river

Nor (or Norv'-i), father of Not

Nôr'-i, a dwarf

Norn''-a-gests-thâttr', the Story of Nornagest

North'-ri, a dwarf

Not, a river

Nôt, Night

Nÿ'-i, a dwarf

Nÿr, a dwarf

Nÿ'-râth, a dwarf

Nyt, a river

O:

Odd'-rûn, sister of Atli

Odd''-rûn-ar-grâtr', the Lament of Oddrun

Ofn'-ir, a serpent

Ofn'-ir, Othin

Ô'-in, father of Andvari

Ökk''-vin-kalf'-a, daughter of Thræll

Ô'-köl-nir, a volcano (?)

Ol'-môth, father of Isolf

Ol'-rûn, a swan-maiden

Ôm'-i, Othin

Ôn'-ar, a dwarf

Ôr'-i, a dwarf

Ork'-ning, brother of Kostbera

Ormt, a river

Orv'-and-il, husband of Groa

Orv'-ar = Odd, a warrior

Orv'-ar = Odds'-sag-a, the Saga of Orvar-Odd

Orv'-a-sund, a bay

Ôsk'-i, Othin

Ô'-skôp-nir, an island

Ôs'-olf, son of Olmoth

Ôth, husband of Freyja

Ôth'-in, chief of the gods

Oth'-lings, a mythical race

Ôth'-rör-ir, a goblet

Ôtr, brother of Regin

Ôt'-tar, a warrior

R:

Ræv'-il, a sea-king

Rag'-nar Loth'-brôk, a Danish king

Rand'-grîth, a Valkyrie

Rand'-vêr, son of Jormunrek

Rand'-vêr, son of Rathbarth

Ran'-i, Othin

Rat'-a-tosk, a squirrel

Râth'-barth, a Russian king

Râth'-grîth, a Valkyrie

Râths'-ey, an island

Râth'-svith, a dwarf

Rat'-i, a gimlet

Reg'-in, a dwarf

Reg'-in, son of Hreithmar

Reg'-in-leif, a Valkyrie

Reg''-ins-môl', the Ballad of Regin

Reif'-nir, a berserker

Rîg, Heimdall (?)

Rîgs'-thul-a, the Song of Rig

Rîn, a river

Rind, mother of Vali

Rin'-nand-i, a river

Rist'-il, daughter of Karl

Rith'-il, a sword

Rog'-a-land, Norway

Rog'-heim, Home of Battle

Rôn, wife of Ægir

Rosk'-va, sister of Thjalfi

Roth'-uls-fjoll, a mountain

Roth'-uls-voll, a field

Ruth, a river

S:

Sæ'-far-i, father of Ulf

Sæ'-hrim-nir, a boar

Sæk'-in, a river

Sæ'-kon-ung, father of Hildigun

Sæ'-morn, a river

Sæ'-reith, wife of Hjorvarth

Sæ'-var-stath, an island

Sâg'-a, a goddess

Sal'-gof-nir, a cock

Sâms'-ey, an island

Sann'-get-al, Othin

Sath, Othin

Sax'-i, a southern king

Segg, son of Karl

Sess'-rym-nir, Freyja's hall

Sev'-a-fjoll, Sigrun's home

Sif, Thor's wife

Sig'-ar, a Danish king

Sig'-ar, brother of Hogni

Sig'-ar, father of Siggeir

Sig'-ar, Helgi's messenger

Sig'-ars-holm, an island

Sig'-ars-voll, a battlefield

Sig'-fath-er, Othin

Sig'-geir, husband of Signy

Sig'-mund, son of Sigurth

Sig'-mund, son of Volsung

Sig'-nÿ, sister of Sigmund

Sigr'-drif-a, Brynhild

Sigr''-drif-u-môl', the Ballad of the Victory-Bringer

Sigr'-lin, wife of Hjorvarth

Sig'-rûn, wife of Helgi

Sig'-trygg, a king

Sig'-tÿr, Othin

Sig'-urth, son of Sigmund

Sig''-urth-a-kvith'-a en Skam'-ma, the Short Lay of Sigurth

Sig'-urth Ring, son of Randver

Sig'-yn, wife of Loki

Silf'-rin-topp, a horse

Sind'-ri, a dwarf

Sin'-flot-li, son of Sigmund

Sin'-ir, a horse

Sin'-mor-a, a giantess

Sin'-rjôth, wife of Hjorvarth

Sith, a river

Sith'-gran-i, Othin

Sith'-hott, Othin

Sith'-skegg, Othin

Skâf'-ith, a dwarf

Skâld''-skap-ar-mâl, the Treatise on Poetics

Skat'-a-lund, a forest

Skath'-i, a goddess

Skegg'-jold, a Valkyrie

Skeith'-brim-ir, a horse

Skek'-kil, father of Skurhild

Skelf'-ir, a king

Skilf'-ing, Othin

Skilf'-ings, descendants of Skelfir

Skin'-fax-i, a horse

Skirf'-ir, a dwarf

Skirn'-ir, Freyr's servant

Skirn''-is-môl', the Ballad of Skirnir

Skîth'-blath-nir, a ship

Skjold, a Danish king

Skjöld''-ung-a-sag'-a, the Saga of the Skjoldungs

Skjold'-ungs, descendants of Skjold

Skog'-ul, a Valkyrie

Skoll, a wolf

Skor'-u-strond, home of Varin

Skrÿm'-ir, a giant

Skuld, a Norn

Skuld, a Valkyrie

Skûr'-hild, daughter of Skekkil

Slag'-fith, brother of Völund

Sleip'-nir, Othin's horse

Slîth, a river

Smith, son of Karl

Snæ'-fjoll, a mountain

Snæv'-ar, son of Hogni

Snör, wife of Karl

Snöt, daughter of Karl

Sogn, a bay

Sôg'-u-nes, a cape

Sökk'-mîm-ir, a giant

Sökk'-va-bekk, Saga's dwelling

Sôl, Sun

Sôl'-ar, son of Hogni

Sôl'-bjart, father of Svipdag

Sôl'-blind-i, a dwarf

Sô1'-fjoll, a mountain

Sôl'-heim-ar, Hothbrodd's home

Sorl'-i, son of Jonak

Spar'-ins-heith, Sparin's Heath

Spor'-vit-nir, a horse

Sprak'-ki, daughter of Karl

Sprund, daughter of Karl

Stafns'-nes, a cape

Stark'-ath, son of Granmar

Stor'-verk, father of Starkath

Strond, a river

Styr'-kleif-ar, a battlefield

Sun, son of Jarl

Surt, a giant

Suth'-ri, a dwarf

Sut'-tung, a giant

Svaf'-nir, a king

Svaf'-nir, a serpent

Svaf'-nir, Othin

Svafr'-thor-in, Mengloth's grandfather

Sval'-in, a shield

Svan, father of Sæfari

Svan'-hild, daughter of Sigurth

Svan'-ni, daughter of Karl

Svâr'-ang, a giant

Svar'-in, a hill

Svar'-ri, daughter of Karl

Svart''-alf-a-heim', the world of the dark elves

Svart'-hofth-i, a magician

Svath''-il-far'-i, a stallion

Svâv'-a, daughter of Eylimi

Svâv'-a, wife of Sækonung

Svâv'-a-land, Svatnir's country

Svegg'-juth, a horse

Svein, son of Jarl

Sver''-ris-sag'-a, the Saga of Sverrir

Svip'-al, Othin

Svip'-dag, son of Solbjart

Svip''-dags-môl', the Ballad of Svipdag

Svip'-uth, a horse

Svith'-rir, Othin

Svith'-ur, Othin

Svî'-ur, a dwarf

Svol, a river

Svôs'-uth, father of Summer

Sylg, a river

T:

Thakk'-râth, Nithuth's thrall

Thegn, son of Karl

Thekk, a dwarf

Thekk, Othin

Thîr, wife of Thræll

Thith''-reks-sag'-a, the Saga of Theoderich

Thjalf'-i, Thor's servant

Thjaz'-i, a giant

Thjôth'-mar, father of Thjothrek

Thjôth'-num-a, a river

Thjôth'-rek, Theoderich

Thjôth'-rör-ir, a dwarf

Thjôth'-var-a, Mengloth's handmaid

Thjôth'-vit-nir, Skoll

Thol, a river

Tholl'-ey, an island

Thôr, a god

Thôr'-a, daughter of Hokon

Thôr'-a, wife of Dag

Thôr'-in, a dwarf

Thôr'-ir, follower of Hrolf

Thôrs'-nes, a cape

Thræll, son of Rig

Thrâin, a dwarf

Thrith'-i, Othin

Thrôr, a dwarf

Thrôr, Othin

Thrûth, a Valkyrie

Thrûth, daughter of Thor

Thrûth'-gel-mir, a giant,

Thrûth'-heim, Thor's home

Thrym, a giant

Thrym'-gjol, a gate

Thrym'-heim, Thjazi's home

Thryms'-kvith-a, the Lay of Thrym

Thund, a river

Thund, Othin

Thuth, Othin

Thyn, a river

Tind, a berserker

Tot''-rug-hyp'-ja, daughter of Thræll

Tron''-u-bein'-a, daughter of Thræll

Tron'-u-eyr, Crane-Strand

Tveg'-gi, Othin

Tÿr, a god

Tyrf'-ing, a berserker

U:

Ulf, follower of Hrolf

Ulf, son of Sefari

Ulf'-dal-ir, Völund's home

Ulf'-rûn, mother of Heimdall

Ulf'-sjâr, a lake

Ull, a god

Un''-a-vâg'-ar, a harbor

Un'-i, a dwarf

Urth, a Norn

Ût'-garth-a = Lok'-i, a giant

Uth, daughter of Ægir

Uth, Othin

V:

Vaf'-thrûth-nir, a giant

Vaf''-thrûth-nis-môl', the Ballad of Vafthruthnir

Vak, Othin

Vâl'-a-skjolf, Othin's home

Val'-bjorg, Grimhild's land

Vald'-ar, a Danish king

Val'-fath-er, Othin

Val'-grind, a gate

Val'-hall, Othin's hall

Vâl'-i, a god

Vâl'-i, son of Loki

Val'-land, Slaughter-Land

Val'-tam, father of Vegtam

Vam, a river

Van'-a-heim, home of the Wanes

Vand'-ils-vê, a shrine

Van'-ir, the Wanes

Var, a dwarf

Var'-in, a Norwegian king (?)

Var'-ins-fjord, a bay

Vâr'-kald, father of Findkald

Vath'-gel-mir, a river

Vê, brother of Othin

Veg'-dras-il, a dwarf

Veg'-svin, a river

Veg'-tam, Othin

Veg''-tams-kvith'-a, the Lay of Vegtam

Vel''-ents-sag'-a, the Saga of Velent

Ver'-a-tÿr, Othin

Ver'-land, Land of Men

Verth'-and-i, a Norn

Vestr'-i, a dwarf

Vestr'-sal-ir, Rind's home

Vethr'-fol-nir, a hawk

Vê'-ur, Thor

Vif, daughter of Karl

Vîg'-blær, Helgi's horse

Vîg'-dal-ir, Battle-Dale

Vigg, a dwarf

Vig'-rîth, a field

Vil'-i, brother of Othin

Vil'-meith, a dwarf (?)

Vil'-mund, lover of Borgny

Vin, a river

Vin'-bjorg, Grimbild's land

Vind'-alf, a dwarf

Vind'-heim, Wind-Home

Vind'-kald, Svipdag

Vind'-ljôn-i, Vindsval

Vind'-sval, father of Winter

Ving'-i, Atli's messenger

Ving'-nir, Thor

Ving'-skorn-ir, a horse

Ving'-thôr, Thor

Vin'-ô, a river

Virf'-ir, a dwarf

Vit, a dwarf

Vith, a river

Vith'-ar, a god

Vith'-ga, son of Völund

Vith'-i, Vithar's land

Vith'-of-nir, a cock

Vith'-olf, a dwarf (?)

Vith'-rir, Othin

Vith'-ur, Othin

Vôf'-uth, Othin

Vols'-ung, father of Sigmund

Vols''-ung-a-sag'-a, the Saga of the Volsungs

Vols'-ungs, descendants of Volsung

Vö1'-und, a smith

Vö1''-und-ar-kvith'-a, the Lay of Völund

Vol''-u-spô', the Wise-Woman's Prophecy

Vôn, a river

Vond, a river

Vôr, a goddess

Y:

Y'-dal-ir, Ull's home

Ygg, Othin

Ygg'-dras-il, the world-ash

Ylf'-ings, a Danish race

Ylg, a river

Ym'-ir, a giant

Yng (or Yng'-vi), son of Halfdan the Old

Yng''-ling-a-sag'-a, the Saga of the Ynglings

Yng'-lings, descendants of Yng

Yng'-vi, a dwarf

Yng'-vi, son of Hring

Yng'-vi, Ynq

Ys'-ja, daughter of Thræll






Poetic Edda




'Poetic Edda'

Kings Book

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily contained in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. The Poetic Edda is one of the largest source of information from Norse mythology, containing stories of Norse gods like Loki and Odinn, creatures and Norse heroes.

After the mythological poems, the second section of the Codex Regius contains Heroic lays, which describe the deeds of mortal heroes.

Her mother made her half-brothers Hamdir and Sörli exact revenge for her death, a story which is retold in Hamthesmol and Guthrunarhvot, Bragi Boddason's Ragnarsdrápa, in the Völsunga saga and in Gesta Danorum.