Grimnir

English Etymology Borrowed from en non Grímnir masked one. Compare Old Norse non Grímr, from which comes the synonym en Grim. See also Icelandic is gríma mask. Proper noun en Norse mythology Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda). en Grim en 2010 Heilan Yvette Grimes The Norse Myths Hollow Earth Publishing https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GITgRstI5R8C&pg=PA116&dq=%22Grimnir%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb-uaR856FAxWd7TgGHdSmCQIQ6AF6BAhcEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Grimnir%22&f=false 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. en 2014 Jeramy Dodds The Poetic Edda Coach House Books https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HIUvBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=%22Grimnir%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb-uaR856FAxWd7TgGHdSmCQIQ6AF6BAhXEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Grimnir%22&f=false 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. Related terms en Grímnismál en Grimsby Translations name used by Odin French: fr Grimnir German: de Grimnir m Italian: it Further reading Grímnismál 1 List of names of Odin