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or. Husband of night and father of Jord (jörð earth). Annar.

[önd, soul, spirit, breath, and hrímnir, hrím. Anglo-Sax. hrím; Eng. rime, hoar-frost; hrímnir, the one producing the hoar-frost]. The cook in Valhal. Andhrimner.

The name of a gurnard-shaped dwarf; the owner of the fatal ring called Andvaranautr. Andvare.

The force or waterfall in which the dwarf Andvare kept himself in the form of a gurnard (pike). Andvare-Force.

[önd, spirit; varr, cautious; nautr, Germ. ge-nosse (from Icel. njota), a donor]. The fatal ring given by Andvare (the wary spirit). Andvarenaut.

He has a legal dispute with Ottar Heimske, who is favored by Freyja. Angantyr.

One of Heimdal's nine mothers. Says the Elder Edda in the Lay of Hyndla: Nine giant maids gave birth to the gracious god, at the world's margin. These are: Gjalp, Greip, Eistla, Angeyja, Ulfrun, Eyrgjafa, Imd, Atla, and Jarnsaxa. Angeyja.

[Anguish-boding]. A giantess; mother of the Fenris-wolf by Loke. Angerboda.

[Early awake]. The name of one of the horses of the sun. Aarvak.

or, plural. The asas, gods. The word appears in such English names as Osborn, Oswald, etc. With an n it is found in the Germ. Ansgar (Anglo-Sax. Oscar). It is also found in many Scandinavian proper names, as Asbjörn, Astrid, etc. The term æsir is used to distinguish Odin, Thor, etc., from the vanir. (vans). Asa.

Loke, so called to distinguish him from Utgard-Loke, who is a giant. Asa-Loke.

A common name for Thor. Asa-Thor.

The residence of the gods (asas). Asgard.

[Anglo-Sax. äsc, an ash]. The name of the first man created by Odin, Hœner and Loder. Ask.


 * plural . A goddess; feminine of Áss. Asynje.

One of Heimdal's nine mothers. Atla.

word is uncertain. Finn Magnússon derives it from auðr,
 * also written . [The etymology of this