GLOSSARY
- NJORD, prop. NJORDR, humid; Sk. nar, nir, water; a wave; and Neriman, an aquatic man.
- NOTT; D. nat; M. G. naht; G. nacht; A. S. niht; 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.
- ORGELMIR, Primordial Giant; also to roar, to howl, to clang, to resound.
- ORI, delirious (with love), one of the Erotic Genii.
- OSKI, hence one who listens to the wishes of mankind.
- RADGRID, lit. seeking power with avidity; power, empire council.
- RADSVITHR, wise, powerful.
- RAGNAROKR. The n. ragin signified rath, council, the pl. of which, regin, is used in the Eddaic Poems for the gods; that is to say, the consulting, deliberating deities. It answers in fact fully to the E. word rack, indicating atmospheric nebulosity; hence Ragnarok is very approp. rendered by "The Twilight of the Gods."
- RAN, to plunder; her spoil being those who were drowned at sea.
- RANDGRID: rand, from rond, a shield.
- RATATOSKR, from the v. rata; to permeate; the last sylb. may be derived from G. tasche, a pocket or pouch; hence the Permeating Pouch?
- REGIN, is often used in the sense of vast, immense; the vast sea.
- REGINLEIF, dear to the gods, see Regin.
- RIGR, Rajah, a king.
- RINDA, prop. RINDUR, sig. symbolically, the crust of the earth.
- ROSKA, quick, lively, active.
- SADR, SATHR, just, true, in sooth, verily.
- SÆGR, a large vessel of any kind. The word was used by the Skalds metaphorically for the sea.
- SAGA. The personified saga or narration, from the v. segja, to say; G. sage; E. a saying; L. Saga, a sorceress; sagax, sagacious, to foretell.
- SANNGETALL, inquiring after; guessing at truth.
- SESSRUMNIR, lit. Seat-roomy, i. e. having room for plenty of seats.
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