Dellingr Old Norse possibly the dayspring ref name BELLOWS75 Bellows 1936 75 . ref or shining one ref name ORCHARD32 Orchard 1997 32 . ref is a sir god in Norse mythology . Dellingr is attested in the Poetic ... , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson . In both sources, Dellingr is described as the father ... day. Dellingr is also attested in the legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Hei reks . Scholars have proposed that Dellingr is the personified dawn , and his name may appear both in an English surname and place name. Attestations Poetic Edda Dellingr is referenced in the Poetic Edda poems Vaf r nism l ...? Fj lsvi r responds with a list of names, including Dellingr . ref name THORPE100 Thorpe 1907 100 . ref ... that Dellingr is a sir god and the third husband of N tt. The couple have Dagr , who carries ... Dellingr s son, Dagr, and Dellingr s wife, N tt, in the sky, so that they may ride across it with their horses ... relations between N tt, J r , Dagr, and Dellingr. In other words, depending on the manuscript, either J r or N tt is the mother of Dagr and partner of Dellingr. Haukur details that the oldest manuscript, U, offers a version where J r is the wife of Dellingr and the mother of Dagr while the other manuscripts, R, W and T, cast N tt in the role of Dellingr s wife and Dagr s mother , and argues ... up. ref name TOLKIEN35 Tolkien 1960 35 . ref blockquote Theories Jacob Grimm states that Dellingr is the assimilated form of Deglingr , which includes the name of Dellingr s son Dagr. Grimm adds that if the ling likely refers to descent, and that due to this Dellingr may have been the progenitor ... genealogies. ref name STALLBYBRASS735 Stallybrass 1883 735 . ref Benjamin Thorpe says that Dellingr ... blockquote John Lindow says that some confusion exists about the reference to Dellingr in H vam l . Lindow says that Dellingr s doors may either be a metaphor for sunrise or the reference may refer ... has been theorized as deriving from Dellingr . ref name BARBER126 Barber 1968 26 . ref The English ... more details
File Moder Jord.jpg A statue depicting J r as a matriarchal figure thumb In Norse mythology , J r Icelandic language Icelandic earth , pronounced IPA non j r and from Old Norse wikt j r j r , sometimes Anglicized as Jord or Jorth also called Jar , IPA j r as in Old East Norse , is a female j tunn . She is the mother of Thor and Meili , and the personification of the Earth . Fj rgyn and Fj rgynn Fj rgyn and Hl yn are considered to be other names for J r . J r is reckoned a goddess, like other j tnar who coupled with the gods. ref Orchard 1997 98 . ref J r s name appears in skald ic poetry both as a poetic term for the land and in kenning s for Thor. Etymology J r is the common word for earth in Old Norse , as are the word s descendants in the modern Scandinavian languages Icelandic language Icelandic j r , Faroese language Faroese j r , Danish language Danish , Swedish language Swedish and Norwegian language Norwegian jord . It is cognate to English earth through Old English eor e . ref Earth in http www.etymonline.com index.php?term earth Online Etymology Dictionary . ref Attestations Gylfaginning In Gylfaginning , the first part of the Prose Edda , J r is described as one of Odin s concubines and the mother of Thor . She is counted among the synjar goddesses and is the daughter of Annar and N tt and half sister of Au r and Dagr . ref Gylfaginning 10, 36. ref ref name Lindow Lindow 2001 205 . ref However, scholar Haukur Thorgeirsson points out that the four manuscripts of Gylfaginning vary in their descriptions of the family relations between N tt, J r , Dagr, and Dellingr. In other words, depending on the manuscript, either J r or N tt is the mother of Dagr and partner of Dellingr. Haukur details that the oldest manuscript, U, offers a version where J r is the wife of Dellingr and the mother of Dagr while the other manuscripts, R, W and T, cast N tt in the role of Dellingr s wife and Dagr s mother , and argues that the version in U came about acci ... more details
that Dagr is the son of the couple of Dellingr of the sir and his wife N tt night . Dagr is described ..., Dagr, and Dellingr. In other words, depending on the manuscript, either J r or N tt is the mother of Dagr and partner of Dellingr. Haukur details that the oldest manuscript, U, offers a version where J r is the wife of Dellingr and the mother of Dagr while the other manuscripts, R, W and T, cast N tt in the role of Dellingr s wife and Dagr s mother , and argues that the version in U came about ... more details
earth. Finally, N tt marries the god Dellingr, and the couple have Dagr , who takes after his father ... in their descriptions of the family relations between N tt, J r , Dagr, and Dellingr. In other words, depending on the manuscript, either J r or N tt is the mother of Dagr and partner of Dellingr. Haukur details that the oldest manuscript, U, offers a version where J r is the wife of Dellingr and the mother of Dagr while the other manuscripts, R, W and T, cast N tt in the role of Dellingr s wife ... more details
D rnir was a Norse dwarves dwarf who appears in three Old Norse skaldic poetry skaldic poems , which suggests that he once was a well known dwarf in Norse mythology . The most notable poem is Ynglingatal En dagskjarr D rnis ni ja salv r u r Sveig i v tti, er stein enn st rge i Dusla konr ept dvergi hlj p, ok salr bjartr eira S km mis j tunbygg r vi j fri gein. ref http www.heimskringla.no original heimskringla ynglingasaga.php Ynglinga saga at Norr ne Tekster og Kvad ref ref http www.home.no norron mytologi sgndok kvad yngli.htm A second online presentation of Ynglingatal ref By Diurnir s elfin race, Who haunt the cliffs and shun day s face, The valiant Sveigder Swegde was deceived, The elf s false words the king believed. The dauntless hero rushing on, Passed through the yawning mouth of stone It yawned spaced ndash it shut spaced ndash the hero fell, In Saekmime s hall, where giants dwell. ref http www.sacred texts.com neu heim 02ynglga.htm Laing s translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive ref ref http www.northvegr.org lore heim 001 05.php Laing s translation at Northvegr ref A more literal translation The day fearing spawn of Durnir warden of the hall betrayed Sveigdir who into stone the rash hero ran after the dwarf. The bright hall of Soekmimir built of giants was enriched by the chieftain s presence. He also appears in a list of Dwarves in the anonymous Dverga heiti Al j fr, austri, aurvangr ok d fr, i, andvari, nn ok draupnir, dori ok dagfinnr, dulinn ok narr, alfr ok dellingr, inn ok durnir. ref http skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au db.php?table verses&id 1136 Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages ref The third poem is found in Lauf s Edda Kve a skal hr r fyr hr ar hr blakks vi um s var, drykkr var Durnis rekkum d kkr, lj sara n kkvi. ref http skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au db.php?table verses&id 5586 At Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages ref Snorri Sturluson Snorri also includes D rnir in a list of J tunn giants in the Sk ldskapa ... more details
Infobox UK place country England static image Image DalburyAllSaints.JPG 250px static image caption All Saints Church ref name WC Image from Wikimedia Commons May 2007 ref . latitude 52.910 longitude 1.607 map type Derbyshire official name Dalbury Lees population shire district South Derbyshire shire county Derbyshire region East Midlands constituency westminster post town ASHBOURNE postcode district DE6 postcode area DE dial code os grid reference SK265348 Dalbury Lees is a civil parish parish in south Derbyshire . It is about six miles 10 km from both Burton on Trent and Derby and just under four miles 6 km from Egginton . The parish contains the villages of Dalbury and Lees which are just under convert 2 mi km apart from one another. Dalbury Lees has been known as Dalbury and as Dalbury with Lees , but Dalbury Lees is the preferred term ref http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10018092&c id 10001043 Vision of Britain Naming and boundaries ref History Developing from the Old Norse deity name Dellingr , ref name KERRY63 Karry 1897 63 . ref Dalbury is mentioned twice in the Domesday book where it is spelt Delbebi and Dellingeberie . The book records ref name Domesday Domesday Book A Complete Transliteration . London Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0 14 143994 7 p.744 9 ref firstly that there were three bovate s which are wiktionary berewick berewicks of the manor of Mickleover which at that time belonged to the Burton on Trent Abbey Abbey of Burton . The Abbey held various manors including Appleby Magna , Winshill and Stapenhill these were all within Derbyshire at that time. Later the book lists under the title of The lands of Henry de Ferrers ref name nos Henry held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the William the conqueror King . These included obviously Dalbury, but also included lands in Youlgreave , Stenson, Derby Stenson and Twyford, Derbyshire Twyford . ref blockquote In Dalbury Godric had two carucate s of ... more details
File Wodan Heilt Balders Pferd by Emil Doepler.jpg thumb A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations gods W den Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses S l sun Sunna , Sinthgunt , Fulla Volla , and Frigg Friia Emil Doepler , 1905 In Germanic paganism , the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples that inhabited Germanic Europe , there were polytheism a number of different gods and goddesses . Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature, various chronicles, Runic alphabet runic inscriptions , personal names, place names, and other sources. This article presents a comprehensive list of these deities. TOC Gods class wikitable sortable style font size 90 width 100 Name Name meaning Attested consorts and sexual partners Attested children Attestations Baldr Old Norse , B ld g Old English Old Norse form is contested. Old English form directly translates as shining day . ref name SIMEK26 Simek 2007 26 . ref Nanna Norse deity Nanna Forseti Merseburg Incantation , Poetic Edda , Prose Edda , Gesta Danorum , Chronicon Lethrense , Annales Lundenses , possibly Beowulf Bragi Old Norse Connected with Bragr poetry ref name SIMEK43 Simek 2007 43 . ref I unn None attested Poetic Edda , Prose Edda , skaldic poetry Dellingr Old Norse Possibly the dayspring ref name BELLOWS75 Bellows 1936 75 . ref or shining one ref name ORCHARD32 Orchard 1997 32 . ref N tt Dagr Poetic Edda , Prose Edda Forseti Old Norse Chairman ref name ORCHARD46 Orchard 1997 46 . ref None attested None attested Poetic Edda , Prose Edda Freyr Old Norse , Frea Old English , Yngvi Old Norse , Ing Old English Lord ref name ORCHARD47 Orchard 1997 47 . ref Ger r Fj lnir Heimskringla Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum , Poetic Edda , Prose Edda , Heimskringla , gmundar ttr dytts , Gesta Danorum , various others Heimdallr Old Norse World brightener ref name ORCHARD78 Orchard 1997 78 . ref None attested None attested Prose Edda , Poetic Edda Herm r Old Norse , ... more details
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