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One of Heimdal's nine mothers. Gjalp.

[Compare Anglo-Sax. gin or ginn, vast, wide. (The unga may be the adverbial ending added to ginn, as in eall-unga, adv. from all, all.)] The great yawning gap, the premundane abyss, the chaos or formless void, in which dwelt the supreme powers before the creation. In the eleventh century the sea between Greenland and Vinland (America) was called Ginnunga-gap. Ginungagap.

The one of the rivers Elivagar that flowed nearest the gate of Hel's abode. Gjol.

[Sunbeam]. One of the horses of the gods. Gisl.

[Clear, bright]. One of the horses of the gods. Glad.

[Home of brightness or gladness]. Odin's dwelling. Gladsheim.

A grove in Asgard. Glaser.

The last fetter with which the wolf Fenrer was bound. Gleipner.

[The glassy]. One of the horses of the gods. Gler.

[The glittering]. Forsete's golden hall. Glitner.

She is the messenger that Frigg sends into the various worlds on her errands. She has a horse called Hofvarpner, that can run through air and water. Gnaa.

The cave before which the dog Garm barks. The Gnipa-cave.

Fafner's abode, where he kept the treasure called Andvarenaut. Gnita-heath.

A serpent under Ygdrasil. Goin.

A valkyrie. Gol.

A heavenly river. Gomul.

A valkyrie. Gondul.

A heavenly river. Gopul.

[Gray-back]. One of the serpents under Ygdrasil. Graabak.

A heavenly river. Graad.

, } Serpents under Ygdrasil. Grafvitner; Grafvollud. .}  [Anglo-Sax. grâp; Eng. grip]. One of Heimdal's nine giant mothers. Greip.

[Icel. grima; Anglo-Sax. grîma; Dan. grime, a horse-*halter]. A kind of hood or cowl covering the upper part of