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語源

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

固有名詞

Grimnir

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

   Synonym: Grim

   • 2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, Hollow Earth Publishing, page 116:

     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.

   • 2014, Jeramy Dodds, transl., The Poetic Edda, Coach House Books, page 67:

     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.

関連する語

• Grímnismál
• Grimsby

Further reading

• Grímnismál on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of names of Odin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia