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Dagr [Day]. Son of Delling. Dag.
Dainn. A hart that gnaws the branches of Ygdrasil. Daain.
Dellingr [Dayspring]. The father of Day. Delling.
Dis; plural Disir. Attendant spirit or guardian angel. Any female mythic being may be called Dis. Dis.
Draupnir. Odin's ring. It was put on Balder's funeral-pile. Skirner offered it to Gerd. Draupner.
Dromi. One of the fetters by which the Fenris-wolf was chained. Drome.
Duneyrr, Duraprop. Harts that gnaw the branches of Ygdrasil. Durathror.
Durinn. A dwarf, second in degree. Durin.
Dvalinn. A dwarf. Dvalin.
Dvergr. A dwarf. In modern Icelandic lore dwarfs disappear, but remain in local names, as Dverga-steinn, and in several words and phrases. From the belief that dwarfs lived in rocks an echo is called dwerg-mal (dwarf talk), and dwerg-mala means to echo. The dwarfs were skilled in metal-working.