Rindr

Merkingar

f., dat. and acc. Rindi, qs. Vrindr, which form remains in the old alliteration (V)rindr berr í vestr-sölum, Vtkv.; see Bergmann in the Mythol. Glossary to the Message of Skírnir, Strasburg 1871:—the name of a goddess or giantess, the mother of Vali, Vsp., Vtkv., Gg.; seið Yggr til Rindar, Kormak; the Earth is called Rindar elja (see elja), Edda (in a verse). The loves of Wodan and Rind resemble those of Zeus and Europa in the Greek legends.

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   in poët. circumlocutions of a woman, bands; sörva Rindr, Kormak.