Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grimnir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: grimnir
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).

Example Sentences

"Grimnir taught Geirrodr how to unseat an opponent from his horse with a minimum amount of effort. And sometimes late in the evening Grimnir talked of Asgardr and the Æsir themselves, as if he had actually been there."
"To torture him into talking, the king strung Grimnir between two fires for eight nights. King Geirrod had a ten-year-old son named after his brother, Agnar. Agnar gave Grimnir a whole horn to drink, saying it was wrong for his father to torture an innocent man."

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Grímnir (“masked one”). Compare Old Norse Grímr, from which comes the synonym Grim. See also Icelandic gríma (“mask”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: Grímnir

Frequently Paired Words

Grímnismál Grimsby

Synonyms

Grim

Questions

What does grimnir mean?: Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
Where does grimnir come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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