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Ilmarinen

American  
[eel-mah-ree-nuhn] / ˈil mɑˌri nən /

noun

Finnish Legend.
  1. one of the heroes of the Kalevala.


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According to Refinitiv, Finland’s Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company owned 13 million shares in the ETF in September, making it the No.1 investor in the fund at the time.

From Reuters Dec. 30, 2021

Finland's little fleet, centred around the shallow-draft pocket-battleships Vainamoinen and Ilmarinen moved cautiously to meet them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen, Aided by the other heroes, Overspread the locks with butter, And with bacon rubbed the hinges, 110 That the doors should make no jarring, And the hinges make no creaking.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Ilmarinen forges the Sampo, but the maiden declines to marry him at present, and he returns home disconsolate.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

One hair gold, another copper, And the third was all of silver; Others might therein feel pleasure, Ilmarinen felt no pleasure.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

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