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kings, the lord of battle and victory. He quaffs with Saga in Sokvabek. He has two ravens, two wolves and a spear. His throne is Hlidskjalf, from where he looks out over all the worlds. In Ragnarok he is devoured by the Fenris-wolf. Odin.

Freyja's husband. Oder.

[The spirit-mover]. One of the vessels in which the blood of Kvaser, that is, the poetic mead, was kept. The inspiring nectar. Odrœrer.

A serpent under Ygdrasil. Ofner.

[Not cool]. After Ragnarok the giants have a hall (ale-hall) called Brimer, at Okolner. [Icel. aka; Lat. agere; Gr. ἄγειν [Greek: agein] (compare English yoke), to drive, to ride]. A name of Thor as a charioteer. Akethor.

[Wish]. A name of Odin. Oske. Wish.

[]. A son of Hreidmar; in the form of an otter killed by Loke. Oter.

or [Stupid]. A son of Instein, a protégé of Freyja. He has a contest with Angantyr. Hyndla gives him a cup of remembrance. Ottar.

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[ragna, from regin, god; rök may be Old High Germ. rahha, sentence, judgment, akin to rekja; rök, from rekja, is the whole development from creation to dissolution, and would, in this word, denote the dissolution, doomsday, of the gods; or it may be from rökr (reykkr, smoke), twilight, and then the word means the twilight of the gods.] The last day; the dissolution of the gods and the world. Ragnarok.

[Rob]. The goddess of the sea; wife of Æger. Ran.

A squirrel that runs up and down the branches of Ygdrasil. Ratatosk.

An auger used by Odin in obtaining the poetic mead. Rate.

Son of Hreidmar; brother of Fafner and Otter. Regin.

[Eng. rind, crust]. A personification of the hard frozen earth. Mother of Vale. The loves of Odin and Rind resemble those of Zeus and Europa in Greek legends. Rind.

The name of the maiden follower of Thor. She symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest. Roskva.