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[Nail-ship]. A mythical ship made of nail-parings. It appears in Ragnarok. Naglfar. Nailship.

[Needle]. Mother of Loke. Naal.

Daughter of Nep (bud); mother of Forsete and wife of Balder. She dies of grief at the death of Balder. Nanna.

or. Son of Loke. Loke was bound by the intestines of Nare. Nare or Narfe. [The shore of corpses]. A place of punishment for the wicked after Ragnarok. Naastrand.

The Nida-mountains toward the north, where there is after Ragnarok a golden hall for the race of Sindre (the dwarfs).

A serpent of the nether world, that tears the carcases of the dead. He also lacerates Ygdrasil. Nidhug.

[nifl; Old High Germ. nibul; Germ. nebel; Lat. nebula; Gr. νεφέλη [Greek: nephelê], mist, fog.] The world of fog or mist; the nethermost of the rime worlds. The place of punishment (Hades). It was visited by Odin when he went to inquire after the fate of Balder. Niflheim.

A van, vanagod. He was husband of Skade, and father of Frey and Freyja. He dwells in Noatun. Njord.

[Place of ships]. Njord's dwelling; Njord being a divinity of the water or sea. Noatun.

[North]. A dwarf presiding over the northern regions. Nordre or North. Night; daughter of Norve. Night.

norns (parcæ, fates) Urd, Verdande, and Skuld (Past, Present, and Future); they dwelt at the fountain of Urd, and ruled the fate of the world. Three norns were also present at the birth of every man and cast the weird of his life. Norn.
 * plural . The weird sisters; the three heavenly

O

[Anglo-Sax. Wodan; Old High Germ. Wodan]. Son of Bor and Bestla. He is the chief of the gods. With Vile and Ve he parcels out Ymer. With Hœner and Loder he creates Ask and Embla. He is the fountain-head of wisdom, the founder of culture, writing and poetry, the progenitor of