Loge: (Lo-ge: hard g) Wild-fire.
Míd-gard: The abode of men.
Magne: (Mág-ne) Thor's son.
Norn: (Nôrn) The Three fates represented as three young women.
Njord: (often spelled Ni-örd pronounced Nee-yèrd) Father of Frey
and Freyja.
Odin: (o-din) The fountain head of wisdom.
Ragnarök: (rag'-na-rék) Twilight of the gods.
Roskva: (rósk-va) A peasant girl who went with Thor to Utgard Loki's.
Sindre, or Sindri: (sín-dre) A dwarf.
Sif: (Seef) Thor's wife.
Suttung: (supposed to be derived from Sup-tung) The giant who obtained
the precious wine.
Sleip-ner: Odin's horse.
Skry-mer: (Skry-mer) The giant who met Thor in the forest.
Thjal-fe: (Thy'al-fe) A peasant boy who went with Thor to Utgard
Loki's.
Thrym: A giant who stole Thor's hammer.
Thor: Thunder-god.
Utgard: The abode of Loki.
Valhalla: (val-hál-la) The hall to which Odin took those slain
in battle.
Valkyrie: (Val-ky'-rie) Handmaidens of Odin
Vafthrudnur: (Vaf-thróod-neer) A giant visited by Odin.
Ygdrasil: (íg-dras-il) The world-embracing ash tree.
NOTE
[1] duel.
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