VOCABULARY.
As’gard: (s like z) Abode of the gods.
Ask: The first woman; made from a tree.
Baldur: (Băl′-dur) The god of summer sunshine.
Bauge: (Boúgh-ge: hard g) A giant brother of Suttung.
Brá-ge: (a as in far: hard ge) A son of Odin and famed for wisdom and eloquence.
Brok: (pronounced Brock) A dwarf.
Bölverk: (o like e in heard, Bél-verk) A name assumed by Odin.
Elle: Old age.
Embla: The first man; made from a tree.
Fenris wolf: Monster wolf, son of Loki.
Frigg: Wife of Odin.
Frey: (Fray) Ruler over the light elves.
Frey-ja: (e as in let, j like y, Fréy-ya) Sister of Frey; half the fallen in battle belonged to her.
Fímbul: The terrible winter just before the destruction of the earth.
Gold-fax: Hrungner’s horse.
Huge: (Hoó-ge: hard g) Thought.
Hödor: (o as e in heard, Hö′-der) The slayer of Baldur.
Hrung-ner: (Hroon′-gner) A giant.
Hy′-mer: A giant, owner of the kettle, Mile-deep.
Idun: (Īdo͝on) Keeper of the Apples of Youth.
I-fing: Name of a river.
Jötunheim: (j like y, o like e in heard: Yér-toon-heém) Home of the giants.
Loke, or Loki: (Lō-kĕ) The evil giant god.
Loge: (Lō-gē: hard g) Wild-fire.
Míd-gard: The abode of men.
Magne: (Mág-ne) Thor’s son.
Norn: (Nôrn) The Three fates represented as three young women.
Njord: (often spelled Ni-örd pronounced Nee-yèrd) Father of Frey and Freyja.
Odin: (ō-din) The fountain head of wisdom.
Ragnarök: (rag′-na-rék) Twilight of the gods.
Roskva: (rósk-va) A peasant girl who went with Thor to Utgard Loki’s.
Sindre, or Sindri: (sín-dre) A dwarf.
Sif: (Seef) Thor’s wife.
Suttung: (supposed to be derived from Sup-tung) The giant who obtained the precious wine.
Sleip-ner: Odin’s horse.
Skry-mer: (Skry-mer) The giant who met Thor in the forest.
Thjal-fe: (Thy′al-fe) A peasant boy who went with Thor to Utgard Loki’s.
Thrym: A giant who stole Thor’s hammer.
Thor: Thunder-god.
Utgard: The abode of Loki.
Valhalla: (val-hál-la) The hall to which Odin took those slain in battle.
Valkyrie: (Val-ky′-rie) Handmaidens of Odin
Vafthrudnur: (Vaf-thróod-neer) A giant visited by Odin.