Hreidmar

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[hreyd-mahr] / ˈhreɪd mɑr /

noun

1. (in theVolsunga Saga ) the father of Fafnir, Otter, and Regin. He demanded wergild from the gods for killing Otter, and was killed by Fafnir when he got it.

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Example Sentences

As Hreidmar said this two young men bearing the forehammers of the smithies came in followed by the thralls.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

Hreidmar served fish to them and they ate.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy

Son of Hreidmar, 270; gold seized by, 273; Sigurd goes to slay, 275, 276, 277; Gudrun eats heart of, 283; personification of cold and darkness, 297, 364; compared to Python, 363 Fairy Rings.

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

Hreidmar, king of the dwarf folk, was the father of three sons.

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

They took the gleaming and glittering mass and they brought it to the river along which, ages before, Hreidmar had his smithy and the Dwarf Andvari his cave.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy