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Dáinn
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dáinn
Old Norse
Etymology
Compare non dáinn, from non deyja to die, thus meaning "Dead-like One".Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
Proper noun
m Dáins
non Dwarves non Norse mythology name of a dwarf
non Norse mythology One of four stags that live around Yggdrasil and feed on the tree's branches
Inflection
sing-indef Dáin Dáinn Dáni
Descendants
is Dáinn
fo Dáin
nn Dåen Dåin
sv Dåen
da Dåin
See also
non Dvalinn
non Duneyrr
non Duraþrór
References
non Mythological creatures