Her name comes from the Norse wordfríja, which means “to love” and Friday is named after her – perhaps the reason why Friday was thought to be the most auspicious day of the week to get married. Freya Also married to Odin and the goddess of love, fertility and beauty, Freya is so...
and, aside from Odin himself, she alone was able to sit in Odin’s throne which allowed him to look out over the nine worlds and see all things. The force of her importance is preserved in the English word Friday, which is derived from Frigedaeg, which means ‘Frigg’s day’. ...
Having been banished to the Underworld by order of Odin— merely for being the ugly evil daughter of Loki— she made the place her own and became Hel of the Helheim Hell Hall. Which tends to become hellishly confusing. Yes, her name gives us the word ‘Hell’, but her domain is alm...
While the spelling of ''Yggdrasil'' can seem a little daunting for English speakers, the pronunciation is not actually very challenging: the word is pronounced ''IG-drah-sill.'' While the etymology of Yggdrasil is somewhat contested, one theory is that it means ''Tree of the Horse of ...
In that tongue, the word Viking translates as “pirate” or “raider.” For two centuries beginning in roughly 800, these Scandinavians—who lived in what is now Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic region, and also settled Iceland and Greenland—pillaged and conquered along the...
Known as “Woden” in old English (inspiring our word for “Wednesday”… literally “Woden’s Day”!) Odin is the king of the Norse pantheon, and holds the title of “Allfather”. He’s associated with wisdom, magic, poetry, prophecy, victory and death. Some of these traits, like ...
It comes from an old Norse word, " myrr ", which means marsh. Deriva da un antico termine norvegese, " myrr ", che significa... palude. GlosbeResearch 类似于 "Norse" 的短语,可翻译成 意大利文 Proto-Norse Proto-norreno Old Norse Antico norreno · antico nordico · lingua nor...
Bill Berkson –“Poem for Frank O’Hara” Pablo Neruda –“Lone Gentleman” (trans. Clayton Eshleman) Pablo Neruda –“Death” (trans. Clayton Eshleman) John Updike –“Archangel” John Ashbery –“Night” John Ashbery –“A Last Word” ...
We note that the passage in Sverris Saga states that the Well-man was dead before the Baglers threw him into the well. Perhaps the Baglers threw one of their own dead into the well. While the intent of the Baglers is not known for certain, the Sverris Saga text indicates that they...
Valhalla (Old Norse: Valhǫll) is the hall of the fallen warriors inNorse mythology. Valhǫll is two compound words, Valr meaning “dead body on a battlefield”, and hǫll meaning hall. It isOdinwho decides the outcome of every battle in Midgard, every time there is a new batt...