Hreidmar

[hreyd-mahr]

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.

Example Sentences

Fafnir had then taken the helmet which Hreidmar had owned, which was called the Helmet of Awe and which all living things feared that saw it, and set it upon his head, and he took the sword which is called Hrotti.

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The head of the household that dwelt there was named Hreidmar; he was a mighty man and much skilled in magic.

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But when Hreidmar saw theviii otter he called his sons Fafnir and Regin and said that Otter, their brother, had been killed, and told them who had done it.

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Thereupon, the father and his sons fell upon the gods and took them and bound them, saying that the otter was the son of Hreidmar.

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Hreidmar took the gold as ransom for his son, but Fafnir and Regin demanded some of it as a ransom for their brother.

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