Etymology

Gungnir

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Today it means: The spear of the Norse god Odin, which is believed to never miss its target. Full definition →

Old Norse Gungnir
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The story

  1. Old Norse · learned borrowing fromGungnir“the swaying one”
  2. English todayGungnir

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Gungnir (“the swaying one”).

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