What do the Norse gods' names mean?

[@pasapasi]

Not everyday you see an American study, let alone teach Snorra-Edda and Völuspá. I think it's fantastic. Cheers from Iceland.

[@crazeefin]

Very intriguing by Eva

[@Monkey-Boy2006]

It's even more rare for an Australian to study or have any knowledge of this stuff. LOL

[@historywithhilbert]

Congratulations on your new placement in Colorado, Dr. Crawford. Thanks again for making another fascinating video, it's always a good day when you upload! You mentioned the etymology of Freyr possibly being "Ingvi" before, and the Frisians as well as some other North Sea Germanic tribes are called the Ingaeavones or the "sons of Inguz." Would you know what this would mean and why the name changed to Freyr?

[@JacksonCrawford]

The etymology of Yngvi is unclear (one possibility is that it's related to a root for "spear") but the name probably is connected in some way with the tribal name of the Ingvaeones (though without knowing more about them, it's impossible to say what the connection might be). It's interesting to note just how few of the Norse gods' names are cognate with the names of gods outside the Germanic languages, with Týr being the only clear example--cognate with Greek Zeus, Latin Iu(piter), Sanskrit Dyàuṣ (pítar). I would speculate that gods' names change partly as respectful ways of addressing them get turned into new names--like "Lord" for "God" in English. Something very similar has potentially happened with "Freyr" (meaning "lord") replacing "Yngvi" as the name for the fertility god.

[@crazeefin]

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[@ostrichking6]

You're gaining traction. A D&D youtuber named Matthew Coville mentioned you yesterday, and your views are steadily rising in quality and exposure.

[@justinritchey2967]

That why I'm here.

[@JacksonCrawford]

Thank you for pointing me to that; he gave me a very nice shout-out. And thanks as always for the kind words.

[@crazeefin]

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[@crazeefin]

Hello interesting indeed nice comment!

[@crazeefin]

I loved it! At first I thought that his voices sounded boring but when I truly listened it was quite interesting and I loved learning what the names mean! Bye Eva.

[@PieterKleij]

Your book will be delivered any day now. Pretty excited !

[@dvreaper3520]

I would love to have your knowledge about Norse. I watch all your videos, it's great to know where my roots came from and learning thru your videos

[@klaphappy]

Thank you for your insight into the old Norse Gods. It is refreshing to attain knowledge on this subject from a academic standpoint and from a scholar. I am looking forward to the Saga of Volsungs.

[@Thorfinn_Son_Of_Thors]

I've always been fascinated by the Norse Gods, Mythology and beliefs. Your channel has seriously educated me and helped me closely pronounce names correctly-sadly can't roll R's do to a tongue isse-and understand what they mean and are.

[@ninsuhnrey]

Great video - excellent, clear explanation. Liked, subbed, and thank you.

[@Redsquirrel1495]

hello Mr Crawford as an avid fan of the norse culture it's myths and above all the language I really want to get a hold of your book and hopefully take some of your classes but my brothers and I want to learn old norse so thank you for all the videos and time you put into all of it!

[@mayray34]

Congrats on your new gig, Doc! :-)

[@eyes-have-ears]

I think the Heimdallr being Shining Home could be a good fit given he watches Bifrost... The shining road. Further to Odin's name, you imply by action that Odin "hung" himself from Yggdrasil by his neck. Given your explanation of Odin's name and "mad" also referring to a representation of ecstatic trance, and we take the shamanistic connection with Odin and the connection of shamanic states via suspension in various ways across the globe, then it makes sense that he didn't "hang" himself from Yggdrasil by the neck but "hung" from Yggdrasil, suspended, quite possibly inverted, in a shamanic journey, also lending further to his "reaching down to pick the runes" found in his altered state. This also connects to the 9 days no one gave him food or water, very similar to the world wide shamanic act of "vision quest" and starvation, used in many shamanic cultures. It would still be mean Yggdrasil as Odin's Stead as it is often referred to as riding.

[@daivskinner8968]

Also, I'm pretty sure he says he pierced himself with his spear. I always thought it implied he impaled himself to the tree, I don't know where the "hanged man" motif came from.

[@crazeefin]

Mòoooootastic

[@heimerblaster976]

Your stuff is great don't stop doing it.

[@potupchik]

Just to be slightly pedantic, *Tiwaz isn't directly related to Zeus. Zeus comes from the PIE word for "sky" (*djēws). The PIE word for "god" is derived from that word by shifting the ablauting vowel back and adding a thematic vowel resulting in *dejwos (with a literal meaning something like "sky-being"). It's this latter derived word that directly became Germanic *Tiwaz, Latin Deus, and Sanskrit Devas.

[@blonderider2650]

We sure enjoy all your vids. Thank you!

[@skaldothorbjorsonthorbjors6673]

Thank you very much for your lessons from Spain.

[@vullrath]

this is so awesome. thanks for your videos. subscribed! and now binge watching all your videos every day after work! big thumbs up. skál!

[@jakefreas4794]

Keep it up my friend, your efforts are very appreciated

[@LordFrito]

I think when you said heimdallr as world bright makes sense because he controls the bifrost which is a rainbow bridge. Just makes sense in my head. Or world tree also because he controls the bifrost which connects asgard and midgard like yggdrasil

[@annestephens9631]

I had not made that 'Odin's Horse' - 'arbor infelix' - association! Thank you. Maybe I have learnt here something about cognition and defensive filtering/blocking, as well as Old Norse naming practices 😊.

[@gweiloxiu9862]

Great video, thank you! I have been studying Loki and Heimdallr lately and I would like to share for each, something I have found to be particularly fascinating. First, Sayers, William (2016) "Norse "Loki" as Praxonym," Journal of Literary Onomastics: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. What strikes me most about this is that Sayers comes so close to connecting Loki to Lóðurr via the word "lá". The connection however, is never made or even really implied. The word (as per the paper) "lá" being derived from PIE *lek- or *lok-, "to blame, to accuse", and "lá" also being one of the gifts from Lóðurr to Askr and Embla. Interesting because the Loki/Lóðurr association is usually from an entirely different angle. No real conclusions can be drawn from this, I think, but it is a tantalizing little scrap of meat. digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/2/ Second is older, Clive Tolley's "EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A COSMIC MILL IN GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY" followed immediately by Viktor Rydberg's "Undersökningar i Germanisk Mythologi, chapters 79-81". Don't roll your eyes too much at Rydberg, much of his work is vindicated in Tolleys, and it makes for an interesting read anyways. This goes deep into the origins and meaning of Heimdallr, exploring his place among the axis mundi of Germanic mythology, The World Tree and The World Mill. Conjecture certainly, but illuminating none the less I think. This bit on Heimdallr neatly wraps up where we started with Loki/Lóðurr. Edit: I forgot the second link. www.germanicmythology.com/original/cosmology5.html Tolley has quite a few interesting papers utu.academia.edu/CliveTolley If this kind of linking is unwelcome here, let me know and I will take it down and not put more up in the future. :-)

[@JacksonCrawford]

The connection between Loki and Lóðurr has been made before, but I'll point out that the PIE root *lek- (in o-grade: *lok-) could not produce an Old Norse word /Loki/ because Grimm's Law changes /*k/ to /h/ in Germanic languages. But that root might plausibly lie behind /Lóðurr/ and/or /lá/.

[@gweiloxiu9862]

Excellent, thank you for that.

[@Yusuf1187]

This channel is great. I couldn't find reliable information on old Norse pronunciation anywhere online except here. You also explains everything very clearly. I'm still confused about the /y/ though. In one of your videos I thought you described it as a "yuu" sound, approximately (although you also mentioned that some people think it should be "Yii"). But when you have pronounced "Yggdrasil" in your videos, the /Y/ sounded to me like the standard old Norse vowel /i/ to me. Based on your explanation I would have thought it would sound like "Yuu-gdrasil". Did I mis-hear your pronunciation or misunderstand your explanation?

[@mikei86]

I always thought loki meant fire or lightning as he always rides with thor the thunderer. As the saga where loki cuts of sifs hair is a symbolic story about farming. The ligthning/loki burns down the golden field of grain then thunder/Tor comes with Rain and chases the fire away and as a result the corn/ sifs golden hair comes back as pure gold or as a much better harvest as payment/punisment for burning it down. They still do this in parts of skandinavia inkluding Denmark where i am from. Great Channel by the way i am Learning a lot from you :) not a lot of places where you can Learn this stuff so thank you for Sharing.

[@linkow]

The Frigg/friend relationship is interesting. In romance languages love and friend also share the same root. Amor/Amour/Amore (love) and Amigo/Ami/Amico (friend).

[@alexlynn5111]

My favorite thing about Loki is that no one can come to a conclusion on what his name means. Does it mean Lock? Tangle/tangled? Something to do with Spiders???? No ones sure.

[@crazeefin]

Shòoooo

[@colinp2238]

Extremely interesting. I am surprised at your pronunciation of heim as haym. I know that in modern German it is pronounced hime so I assumed that the ancient pronunciation was as the modern. Thanks for the education.

[@ThatOldWarthog]

I've actually never heard the possible cognate of Heimdallr relating to a "tree trunk". If any more evidence comes out of that being the most accurate translation the implications are extremely fascinating. Perhaps it relates to his being the watchman of Bifrost, being the "well-rooted trunk" of Ásgarðr?

[@Kebab_with_extra_garlic_mayo]

Congratulation for the University of Colorado boulder. Some interesting stuff I noticed in Dutch (Which is very related to english) In dutch we call Oðinn, Wodan (like wednesday is Woensdag) In dutch Woed means rage, We call Þorr Donar, and donder in dutch means thunder (thus donderdag [wednesday] means thundersday in dutch). I feel like since dutch hasn't changed that much (from what I understand its one of the more conservative langauges like icelandic) would you think it could be a good starting ground to understand germanic paganism

[@George_Blue]

The modern Dutch names for Wodan = Woedan/Woen and Donar = Donder. Wodan and Donar are older/german versions of the name, if I recall correctly.

[@jacksonhoerster3966]

This is eventually where we get the word "wild" in English. Wild and Woed are pretty close, yeah?

[@Kebab_with_extra_garlic_mayo]

It is true at least in Dutch mythology, Wodan was the god of the wild hunt so there could be a hint of it, but I still think the etymology of Wodan is Woede, at least in what I read :///

[@Kebab_with_extra_garlic_mayo]

+Sir Percival the Gallant I think he was trying to be sarcastic m8

[@JacksonCrawford]

The Dutch word "woed" is from the exact same root as the Norse word "óðr" which forms the basis of the name Óðinn. In Scandinavian languages, /w/ is always lost before /o/ or /u/, but it is not in English or Dutch (compare English "wolf" with Old Norse "úlfr," English "word" with Old Norse "orð"). All languages change in every generation, and have a mix of old and new features, but Dutch is relatively conservative in its sound system. If you haven't seen it, I talk a little about the relationship between Germanic languages here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWe4k3qCeJyMjc0

[@kokofan50]

Interesting connection between asir and asura. It's interesting how Indo-European words get around.

[@jessebaughman3139]

I've also heard that the "lock" or bind concept of Loki has something to do with how he created the fishing net

[@mikael5743]

Thank you

[@blastulae]

Glad you've gotten back home to Colorado. Has the Pendleton Round-Up contacted you about copyright infringement on its logo?

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

So, might we get the Modern English word "odd" (strange/weird) from the same common ancestor word that Odin's name was sourced from?

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Also, could there be a connection between Sif and the Hindu goddess, Siva/Shiva?

[@kampfiretv9309]

Great videos! Thank you for making them! I'm curious to know if you have ever translated the Kensington Stone, and/or your thoughts on it.

[@helenakarlsson4708]

I think Frigg and Freya was originally the same too. The old norse loved alliteration. I've heard that half of those fallen in battle were claimed by Freya, half by Odin. Now that wouldmake more sense if Frigg = Freya.

[@corymoreland2053]

Is there a way to remove the subtitles on KZbin? I love having the option but it's not the most accurate and in videos like this they block almost a 1/3 of the marker board lol. That's for making videos like this. They are incredibly helpful and informative. -Thanks

[@fhpr68]

Click on the 'cc' icon at the lower left of the screen.

[@maxofficialmusic9972]

Does someone know how to say the gods bless you in old Norse?

[@AsgerHebsgaard8]

I'm from Denmark and my name is Asger. Apparently it comes from Asgard. So it was nice to see the word on the board once again :).

[@casscust]

We have that name in Iceland, Ásgeir. Ás is a name for the gods in Asgard. Odin is an Ás. Geir is a word for weapon. So the name means weapon of the æsir (æsir is plural for ás)

[@notnavonnam]

I have a Norwegian friend named Geirarne. Interesting that Geir means weapon. Arne is also a Danish name derived from ørn which is eagle. So Geirarne must mean "Eagle Weapon".. pretty cool name lol

[@warpedvixen]

Is that a little Wyoming Cowboy on your whiteboard? Thank you for the video!

[@Monkey-Boy2006]

In the German TV Series, Barbarians they had a main character named Wulfgar which in English means 'Wolf-Spear.'

[@jayalanungart1175]

I always assumed that Loki closed off opportunity, forcing a certain path, hence the name.

[@s99m88]

Could Vanir be related to Sanskrit "vana" means forest or cluster of trees, or like a heavenly orchard.

[@stealthmonkey85]

Big fan of your videos. I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on Neil Gaiman's new book "Norse Mythology". While it focuses on retelling rather than translating the Edda, it would be interesting to hear the areas in which it differs.

[@JacksonCrawford]

I haven't looked at it.

[@JAllan-sp2xt]

You try to hide your love and excitement for this topic. You are failing. It is enchanting and since I just recently found you, I expect that I will in short order consume all your videos and I already want to make your acquaintance. Well done you fantastic teacher!

[@rookfreeman1089]

Great video. Is Óđinn related etymologically to the German word Wut? Meaning wrath. I know the German equivalent to Óđinn is Wotan.

[@ticallionz]

It seems likely if English has 'wode' from the same root as Odinn. German shifted d to t in many places when it split off from the other West Germanic languages, e.g. Eng. dale (valley) -> German -tal , Eng. deep -> Gmn. tief (also p -> f)

[@annestephens9631]

​@@ticallionzWode --> a blue dye/body paint --> Woden/Wotan == Sky Father ?? Vishnu... Krishna (==Black) though traditionally represented as sky blue... ?? Apologies! My twittering brain gets a buzz from jiggling with stuff 😊.

[@brandonwinstead7137]

A video concerning accent would be helpful to me. Specifically typical accents of esl Nords :-P

[@glennthomas9878]

Brilliant

[@agustdbae_suga9955]

How do you pronouced Farbauti? Himinglaeva, Blodughadda, Udr, Drifn, Kòlga, Hronn and Bylgja?

[@hoathanatos6179]

Is Vanir by chance related to the Sanskrit Vanara (the forest people)? Being agricultural Gods it would make sense if they or at least their name was related to an ancient proto-indo-european root for forest/vegetation. Either that or to the root van/ven- meaning desire or strife, or the conclusion of strife and desire: love, success, and victory. It is the same root of the O.E. Wyn-Joy and the Roman Goddess Venus and Latin Venerari-to venerate or worship.

[@haloo_haybay]

How do you pronounce Thor and Sif’s daughter’s name Þrúðr?

[@thomas35835]

Is there any source on how these names are correctly written in runes? I have tried to search but most names are in modern English spelling and even written in elder futhark...

[@paulaunger3061]

I wonder how this definition of Loki’s name works with Utgard Loki? I’m fascinated that there are two people in the stories who are both called Loki.

[@johnhendricks8140]

These names remind me of names in Beowulf does old English take influences from nordic roots?

[@fartsofdoom6491]

Also yes. But they also are closely related anyway, and Beowulf takes place in Scandinavia, so it's not at all surprising if the names in it are somewhat more Scandinavian-sounding than in regular Old English.

[@thatguyharambe8757]

Do you think that a possible root for the name Loki, since you said it was related to the english 'lock' or 'to close' - would be his instrumental role in starting Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods? Essentially, Loki is the lock that seals the gods' fate?

[@crazeefin]

Lòookoooooooooooh yeah

[@thatguyharambe8757]

Couldn't help yourself could ya, bud? Four years. Four long years since I commented.

[@midnightpenny2411]

Heimdallar guards the bifrost and watches over the gods so is it possible that his name could mean (home watcher) or (home guardian)

[@fakesocialdynamics9929]

Hello Doctor, I want to ask something that I can't seem to find it even brought up anywhere, What the Norsemen name their stars before it was influenced by the romans and christians As trible hunter gatherers they must loved naming the stars and planets and marked seasons and weather like every other such barbaric people. Not to mention the crazy night sky they must have had back then，the visible milky way，the green lights, are their any native norse names attributed to them.

[@IcyPandaGirl]

Is there any relation between aesir and aether? As in, ethereal?

[@AdrenaWest787]

Loki is pronounced Floki ? I hope I am correct

[@freyjagrey8689]

Just curious, the name 'Floki', did that derive from the god Loki and if so, how did it manage to get the additional F sounding on the front? I'd be interested to know... D:

[@LarsPallesen]

I think "Floki" derived from the imagination of HBO's script writers ;-) It's not a name known in old norse literature. But sure that fictional character is clearly inspired by Loke.

[@joelm33]

In what poems or sagas can I fined references to the Jötunn (Giants) being cannibalistic? You said there wen't many 4:18 but that would imply there are some. I would relay like to know

[@JacksonCrawford]

Off the top of my head I can't think of any from Old Norse, but because of stories of cannibalistic giants from later Scandinavian folklore I didn't want to commit to "none."

[@joelm33]

Thank for getting back to me. Yes, we have folklore like that in Iceland as well.

[@colinp2238]

Does it refer to trolls in later folklore?

[@marjorieford6257]

I've been listening to your videos for about 3 weeks now. I love mythology but I also the the bible and the other books taken from it! but what surprising me is with almost each video I can put a scriptures to it like the valkery Zechariah 5:9 that sounds like them ! I'm sorry I should have been putting these scriptures with your work sooner so you can see for yourself we mustn't ever throw the baby out with the bath!

[@elirollins1547]

For anyone reading now I’ve learned that old Norse words and letters have literal meanings and symbolic meanings. Like how the rune for “ice” has a symbolic meaning of focus. Dunno who’d find this useful but I thought it was really interesting

[@casscust]

Love your videos. Why do you write the Ö like you do?

[@casscust]

Also why on earth did the English name their days after norse gods like Wednesday (odin) and Thursday (Thor), Tuesday (Týr?) and Friday (Freyr?) but in Iceland the names probably come from christianity; föstudagur( to fast) and laugardagur ( to clean or bath)? In my mind it should be the other way around. Maybe the Icelanders wanted to kick the old religion out all together when they became christian were as at the same time England had a Norse king? I might have my facts totally wrong but only recently have I become a huge fan of the old norse gods and things related to them. Thanks to you I might add.

[@saatvikam]

It's Old Norse. Old Norse ǫ is modern Icelandic ö.

[@AxelÞór]

The names for the weekdays were changed sometime during the Catholic era. In all other Norse derived languages they stayed the same. Friday is by some attributed to Frigg, in Faroese the day is Friggjardagur. I was taught here in Iceland that it came from Frjádagr which I don't remember what meaning was ascribed to it, but I would guess it had to do with seeds or seeding. Modern Icelandic Fræ is seed. Personally it feels more correct to ascribe Friday to either Freyr or Freyja, but I can't say that it's right.

[@summarosa]

They weren't named after Norse gods per se, but gods of the shared germanic pantheon that is related to the Norse pantheon. Also, Laugardagur is Norse originally; this was the day that the Norse would wash their clothes or bathe, which they did more often than other europeans.

[@casscust]

Kate Elliott I should have known! thanks

[@Marauder623]

i was always told that the r in locations (as in jotunheimr) was silent.

[@LarsPallesen]

It is in modern Norwegian, but wasn't nessecarily back in the viking era. If it's still audible in modern Icelandic pronunciation then there's a good chance it was also audible in the old norse pronunciation.

[@ivarlilliendahl4696]

A though about the name Óðinn, which you say is the same as "óður" as in "mad". Was wondering if the meaning of "óður" as in "ode" (ode to joy) might be relevant.. as he was the "ode making god"

[@JacksonCrawford]

No. There is an Old Norse word 'óðr' that means 'song' but there's no derivative form of it that would look like 'Óðinn.' The Old Norse word should not be confused with 'ode,' which is an English word of Greek origin.

[@rebeccasonta-rodenbaugh5211]

What if it was accusative "the song?" Or does that still not work?

[@JorisKanters]

Good video! But what does Yngvi mean then?

[@PieterKleij]

Guitar god.

[@casscust]

Yngvi means king.

[@JacksonCrawford]

It's not clear, but one possibility is that it is related to a root that means "spear."

[@JorisKanters]

Cool! Thanks.

[@tronrunner2498]

Admin on a small page on facebook about vikings/celts & other warriors on facebook. Posted your material on it. You deserve more recognition. Great job. facebook.com/TheVikingWarriors/

[@synthaseskindmessages9468]

Love the accent

[@ChrissieBear]

Are there any languages in which personal names aren't derived from common nouns?

[@AndrewSmith-nu9kj]

can you do ullr?

[@JacksonCrawford]

His name is probably related to a root that means "power" or "glory."

[@AndrewSmith-nu9kj]

Jackson Crawford thank you. also I absolutely love your content. I have always been interested in mythology and your videos bring them to life. keep them coming sir. can't wait to get a copy of your translation.

[@tylermccann9841]

Just to be clear, is Ódinn pronounced with a "th" sound instead of a d. Like, "Oh-then"

[@ShyBoy6ty9]

You're right. They look alike, but if you look closely, he wrote it with the letter Ð (eth), not D.

[@pistolpete3075]

Are you in bolder still?

[@shieldmaidensvarden5229]

Asor in hebrew means like Tenth.. like a tenth year or a tenth anniversary, Eser means simply 10 in Hebrew,

[@Arnarstyrb]

Óður also means mind, soul, intellect and poetry. All things associated with Óðinn.

[@frostermos]

“Dallr” is very close to the word “Dal” which means “Valley” so Heidallr could be “Home Valley”

[@bridgetg4618]

Very interesting vid thank you, Had to watch it a second time though because I just kept thinking how attractive you are the first 😁 xx

[@falsefight]

I thought Skadi meant "shade"?

[@ticallionz]

it has a bar through the d making it a dh sound like th in 'that' - looks like it's related to English 'scathe' (meaning to harm, like a scathing review, or to escape unscathed) and to German Schade (harm) as in Schadenfreude (joy at someone else's misfortune)

[@freyjahelmich5160]

Vanir💖 love love love

[@jemadamson2715]

My name is jem sabre bc me mom had a vision of a saber tooth tiger made of gemstone. 🤰 :3

[@helenakarlsson4708]

and Loki, it could well mean lock. But what if that's not his original name. Could it have been Lågan (fire) ? The alliteration thing again, Lågan Loke..The fire can be devious a friend. It keeps you warm and cook your food, but can betray you any time.

[@caomhan74]

I recall reading such a theory in a rather academic text on Nordic mythology, likening Loki's name to the Irish sun god Lugh, the word 'light' & the 'light-bringer' "Lucifer."

[@sir313jonsson]

alot of the words you use are still used in icelandic

[@thecanadianmystic]

Horus?

[@wendydomino]

There are stories of giants being cannibals in other world traditions so it would make sense if the giants did eat people in Norse myth as well

[@samporter-bridgessmuggling1255]

As it is meant (hostage) in Arabic.

[@NoMercyRussian]

Any information on the meaning of Týr's name? He's my favorite god, but there isn't a whole lot of text on him.

[@JacksonCrawford]

Yes, he wasn't included by simple oversight on my part (although I did include him in an annotation on the video, which you might not see if you're on a mobile device). His name comes from a Proto-Indo-European root that means "god," and is cognate with the Greek name Zeus. I discuss this word/name a little bit in another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoa8lHhjj7iFoKM

[@mikaeladeleon7128]

Odin's tree! love it

[@Jagiru223]

100%

[@jonh8488]

The faroes word Vanir = habits .... so perhaps the Gods for all repetitions in the world .... the seasons - life and death, night and day and so on. the word Fúl we still use with the same meaning = nasty/naughty Heimdalur we always understood as simply meaning Home Valley Frigg is an every day word in faroes spelled Fríggj in modern faroes spelling at fríggja = to propose... kissing/make out Friday = Fríggjadagur the english word Friend ..... why not from Freyja instead of Frigg ? friends - frændir - vinir ...... and also most other words about knowledge, happiness and love come from the 3 Vanir Gods Thors Hammer = Mjølnir = pulverizer/grinder the word Mjøl = flour or powder ..... that's where the word Mill comes from ( mylla or mølle) as in windmill or watermill, it has nothing to do with the wings/blades/wheel of the mill...... a mill is a grinder we have 2 meanings of the spoken word Loki it can be ' the lid' or 'the end' also ( not related to this though) number 9 and the word NEW ..... in faroes both have the same root níggj 9= níggju and new=níggj or nítt or níggja or níggjur

[@abdullahalhashem986]

"ASIR, like Asura" like ازر in Arabic, father of Abraham

[@arnimellner3357]

maybe heimdall's like a lighthouse :DDD ok im sorry bye that was a good video!!

[@cloudbuster8819]

I thought Loki was related to the anachronistic German "Lohe", flame. Like "Lohe", Loki in German can be female; e.g., Loki Schmidt (1919 - 2010, the wife of former Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt). Loki as god can have both sexes (it is kind of ironic Marvell shows Loki as constantly male), and tricked even Þor, the macho god, into drag at some time visiting Þrym ;) If Loki stands for "Lohe", flame, then it may be related to the Latin "lux" for light (lux also related to Lohe). Odin - the mad one: Wotan sometimes is seen as "der Wütende", he who is raging, the wrathful one, the angry one. Freya may also mean just "Lady" (Frau. old German "Fraue" as by Walther von der Vogelweide "nemt frouwe disen kranz"), and be related to the German word for to woo or to court a woman, "freien" ("freyen").

[@CptEtgar]

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[@birnaagnars]

My name is Birna and that means a female bear 🐻

[@crazeefin]

Someone reply to my comment please! If you're alive!

[@wojciechryszardgola]

SKÁL

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

Heimdalr also means the "Whitest" of all the gods. Why leave that piece of information out?

[@crazeefin]

Like notish! 🛎