höðr

/ˈhoʊdɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoðr
IPA: /ˈhoʊdɚ/

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Meaning

name

The blind son of the Norse gods Odin and Frigg, whom Loki tricked into shooting Baldur with a mistletoe arrow.

Etymology

From Icelandic Höðr and Old Norse Hǫðr.

Origin

Source language: Icelandic

Word Breakdown

Root: Höðr, Hǫðr

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhoʊdɚ/
British English: /ˈhəʊdə/

Inflected Forms

Hǫðr (alternative) Hod (alternative) Hoder (alternative) Hodur (alternative) Hodr (alternative) Hödr (alternative) Höd (alternative) Hoth (alternative) Hödur (alternative) Hödhr (alternative) Höder (alternative) Hothr (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce höðr?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊdɚ/.

What does höðr mean?

The blind son of the Norse gods Odin and Frigg, whom Loki tricked into shooting Baldur with a mistletoe arrow.

Where does höðr come from?

It is traced to Icelandic.

How to pronounce höðr

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