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Ilmarinen
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Finnish
Etymology
From fi Ilmari nen, ultimately from fi ilma air. fi Ilmari may represent one of the oldest known Finnish names, and predates the introduction of Christianity info Finland. The form fi Ilmarinen is attested as s surname since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
A skillful smith, one of the main characters of Kalevala.
1849 Kalevala (Translation 1989 by Keith Bosley) 49:339-344:
fi Sanoi seppo Ilmarinen, / Itse lausui, noin nimesi: / "Ei tuo kumma ollekana, / Jos olen takoja tarkka, / Kun olen taivoa takonut, / Ilman kantta kalkutellut." The smith Ilmarinen said / He declared, spoke thus: / 'It is no wonder at all / If I'm a careful craftsman / for I have forged the heavens / hammered the lid of the sky.'
A common name for ships.
fi Finnish
Declension
Ilmari a
Related terms
fi Ilmari
Statistics
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See also
fi Seppo
References
fi Finnic mythology