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 *SYN, signifying equity; syn. defence, excuse, negation, impediment, which has been personified into a judicial goddess.
 * SYNIR, having a fine appearance.
 * TANNGNIOSTR, Gnashing-teeth; to bruise, crack, grind, gnash.
 * THEKKR, to know; E. to think. The adj. thekkr means also amiable.
 * THODNUMA, men, people, nations.
 * THOR, contraction of Thonar, a word indicating a God who, like Thor, presided over thunder and atmospherical phenomena.
 * THORINN, from thor, audacity; whence the v. thora; to dare.
 * THRAINN, the Pertinacious; from the v. thra, to desire vehemently.
 * THRIDI, The Third.
 * THROR, ph. from v. throa, to increase, to amplify.
 * THRUDUR. Thrudr is an obsolete N. word signifying fortitude, firmness; but it appears to have originally had, in most of the Teutonic languages the sig. of maiden, virgin; and was afterwards used in the sense of witch, sorceress.
 * THRUDVANGR, the Abode or Region or Fortitude.
 * THRYM. P. Mag. says the word is undoubtedly derived from thruma, thunder.
 * THUNDR, can be derived from thund, a breastplate, a coat of mail.
 * THYN, to thunder, to make a thundering noise, as a rapid current does.
 * TYR, signifying God; as well as the L. Jupiter, for which he assumes a nom. Ju or Jus, Jupiter.
 * URD, VERDANDI, and SKULD, the Present, Past, and Future. The names of the Destinies of the Present and Past.
 * UTGARD, prop. UTGARDR, lit. Outer-ward. See Midgard.
 * VAFTHRUDNIR, from the v. vefa, to involve, prop. to weave.
 * VAFUDR, the Weaver, or the Constrainer.
 * VAKR, VAKUR, alert, lively, vigilant.
 * VALASKJALF, choice, election.
 * VALFADIR, or VALFODUR, lit. the Choosing Father.
 * VALHALLA, prop,prop. [sic] VALHOLL, lit. the Hall of the Chosen: may also have originally indicated a temple.
 * VALKYRJOR, or VALKYRJUR, sing. VALKYRJA, lit. Choosers of the Slain; denoted the slain in battle; a poetical word for a field of battle.
 * VANADIS, prop. a Goddess of the Vanir. See that word, and Dis.
 * VANIR, beautiful; with the L. venustus and Venus, and ph. with the E. wench.
 * VASADR, from vas, moisture, a word cog. with the E. wet and wash.
 * VE. Was used in the m. sing. to express a particular god; that in the pl. it would be vear, gods, idols; a temple.