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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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Hreidmar served fish to them and they ate.

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

But the name of the bonde who lived there was Hreidmar.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson

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 Willy Pogany

Hundreds of years ago," replied Regin, "when I was but a boy, I lived in the house of my father Hreidmar, the king of the dwarfs.

From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton

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.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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