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Hreidmar

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[hrayd-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 looked at it and considered it carefully and saw a whisker, and bade him cover that, also, or else their atonement were at an end.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

And still old Hreidmar on his hands and knees was peering over the skin, searching, searching for a hair that was not covered.

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

Hreidmar accepted the gold as a ransom for his son, but Fafner and Regin demanded their share of it as a ransom for their brother.

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

My name is Hreidmar," he said, "and I have two sons who work in the smithies without.

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

The gods offered as a ransom as much money as Hreidmar himself should determine, and that was agreed upon as a reconciliation and was bound with oaths.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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