Etymology

Grimnir

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Today it means: Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda). Full definition →

Old Norse Grímnir
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  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromGrímnir“masked one”
  2. English todayGrimnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).

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