Sæmundr Sigfússon

“ NAGLFAR, a nail from nagl, a human nail; according to the Prose Edda, "constructed of the nails of dead men"; a sea-faring man. NAL. G. nadel; A. S. nædl; E. a needle. NANNA. Grimm derives this word from the v. nenna, to dare. NAR, a corpse. NASTROND, a corpse; The Strand of the Dead. NAUDUR, necessity; need. NAUT, ph. from the v. njota, to make use of. NIDAFJOLL, a rock, a mountain. NIDHOGG, a phrase used to idicate the new and the waning moon. NIDI, from nidr, downwards. NIFLHEIMR, lit. Nebulous-home—the shadowy region of death. ”

“ SKOLL, to stick to, to adhere, to strike, to smite. SLEIPNIR. E. slippery. SLIDRUGTANNI, cruel, fierce, savage. SNOTRA, to blow the nose; a person, even a goddess, being much more tidy when the nostrils are thoroughly emunctated. ”

“ As a designation of Odin it has undoubtedly the former signification. As the name of a dwarf, the latter sig. would be more appropriate. HARBARDR, Hairy-beard. HEIDRUN, serene, etherial; a heath. HEIMDALLR: heimr, home, the world. HELA, prop. HEL., gen. HELJAR, the Goddess of the Infernal Regions, used instead of Helheimr for those regions themselves. HELBLINDI: hel, see the preceding word; blindi, from blundr, slumber. HEPTI, prob. means impeding, constraining; to seize, to take by force, to adhere to. ”

“ Host's-fetter, i. e. having the power to impede or constrain an army at will: her, an army, a host, a multitude. HERJANN, the leader of an army; from her. HERMOD, prop. HERMODR: her from her, courage, (see Modgudur) . HERTEITR, gay amongst warriors, a jovial soldier; glad, joyful. HILDUR (Hilda) , war, a combat. Hence we find it in a number of Teutonic prop. ”

“ BAULVERKR, Evil-worker; producing evil, calamity. BAUMBURR, prob. cog. with bumbr, belly, cavity. BELI, prob. from belja, to bellow. BERGELMIR, Mountain-old, i. e. the old man of the mountain. BIFLINDI, the Inconstant: from bif, motion; and lyndi, disposition, mind. BIFROST, BIF-RAUST, the Tremulous-bridge of the Aerial-bridge, signifying also aerial: a certain space, a mile, a rest. BIL, a moment, an interval, an interstice. BILEYGR, endowed with fulminating eyes, a tempest, especially a fulminating tempest or thunder-storm. ”

“ SYN, signifying equity; syn. defence, excuse, negation, impediment, which has been personified into a judicial goddess. SYNIR, having a fine appearance. TANNGNIOSTR, Gnashing-teeth; to bruise, crack, grind, gnash. THEKKR, to know; E. to think. The adj. thekkr means also amiable. THODNUMA, men, people, nations. THOR, contraction of Thonar, a word indicating a God who, like Thor, presided over thunder and atmospherical phenomena. ”

“ E. night. NYI, these dwarfs were symbolical of the new and the waning moon. ODIN. E. to wade through, consequently the Omnipotent Being that permeates all things. ODUR, the name of Freyja's husband. Odur may, like Kvasir, be the personification of poetry. ODHRŒRIR, Mind-exciting; the name of a vessel or kettle. OPNIR, E. to weave. The word would thus sig. the textile or creating power of Odin. OMI, from omr, a sound, a crash; a name given to Odin, when, like, the Brahminic Indra, he rattles aloft during a battle, or at daybreak. ONDURDIS, snow skates; E. to wander; dis, a nymph, a goddess. ”

“ BYLEISTR, a dwelling, a town; to destroy, to break to pieces. BYRGIR, prob. from v. byrgja, to conceal; E. to bury, whence barrow, a tumulus. DAINN, prob. the Soporiferous; from da, a swoon, or complete repose. DELLINGR—a day-ling, with the dawn, daybreak. DIS, pl. DISIR, it originally sig. a female, but was afterwards used in the sense of Nymph and Goddess. It enters into the composition of several female names, as Thordis, Freydis, Vegdis, &c. DOLGTHRASIR: a dolgr, a warrior ”

“ GOD. The Old N. lang. has two words for God, viz. God and Gud; and it would appear that the n. god was used for an idol, and the m. gud. for a God. Both words are, however, frequently applied to denote a celestial deity. The Scandinavian Pontiff-chieftains were called Godar (in the sing. Godi) . GOMUL, prob. from gamall, old. GRABAKR, Gray-back. GRAFJOLLUDR, Gray-skin; the skin of an animal. ”