Aurvandill

English Proper noun en mythology A figure in Germanic mythology, whose frozen toe was tossed into the sky by Thor and became a star. Old Norse Alternative forms non Aurvendill, non Ǫrvandill Etymology From non gem-pro *Auziwandilaz, cognate with ang Ēarendel, goh Ōrendil and the disputed got 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻. The name is attested by Saxo Grammaticus as la Horuendillus. It's variously used as a personal name, the name of a deity and in reference to the Morning Star (Venus). Pronunciation non /ˈɑu̯r.wɑ̃ndilː/ 9th century West Norse non /ˈøyr.vandilː/ 13th century Icelandic Proper noun m non Norse mythology God Aurvandill, associated with the Morning Star (Venus) non 13th century Snorri Sturluson Skáldskaparmál Þórr fór heim til Þrúðvanga, ok stóð heinin í höfði honum. Þá kom til völva sú, er Gróa hét, kona Aurvandils ins frækna. Hon gól galdra sína yfir Þór, til þess er heinin losnaði. En er Þórr fann þat ok þótti þá ván, at braut myndi ná heininni, þá vildi hann launa Gró lækninguna ok gera hana fegna, sagði henni þau tíðendi, at hann hafði vaðit norðan yfir Élivága ok hafði borit í meis á baki sér Aurvandil norðan ór Jötunheimum, ok þat til jartegna, at ein tá hans hafði staðit ór meisinum, ok var sú frerin, svá at Þórr braut af ok kastaði upp á himin ok gerði af stjörnu þá, er heitir Aurvandilstá. Þórr sagði, at eigi myndi langt til, at Aurvandill myndi heim koma, en Gróa varð svá fegin, at hon mundi enga galdra, ok varð heinin eigi lausari ok stendr enn í höfði Þór, ok er þat boðit til varnanar at kasta hein of gólf þvert, því at þá hrærist heinin í höfði Þór." Thor went home to Thrúdvangar, and the hone remained sticking in his head. Then came the wise woman who was called Gróa, wife of Aurvandill the Valiant: she sang her spells over Thor until the hone was loosened. But when Thor knew that, and thought that there was hope that the hone might be removed, he desired to reward Gróa for her leech-craft and make her glad, and told her these things: that he had waded from the north over Icy Stream and had borne Aurvandill in a basket on his back from the north out of Jötunheim. And he added for a token, that one of Aurvandill's toes had stuck out of the basket, and became frozen; wherefore Thor broke it off and cast it up into the heavens, and made thereof the star called Aurvandill's Toe. Thor said that it would not be long ere Aurvandill came home: but Gróa was so rejoiced that she forgot her incantations, and the hone was not loosened, and stands yet in Thor's head. Therefore it is forbidden to cast a hone across the floor, for then the hone is stirred in Thor's head. A. G. Brodeur 1916 non male Declension non Descendants is Aurvandill Örvandill References Aurvandill#Old_Norse Orðsifjabók.Árnastofnun Skáldskaparmál at Heimskringla A. G. Brodeur's translation (New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1916).