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Regin

American  
[rey-gin] / ˈreɪ gɪn /

noun

  1. a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.


Regin British  
/ ˈreɪɡɪn /

noun

  1. Norse myth a dwarf smith, tutor of Sigurd, whom he encouraged to kill Fafnir for the gold he guarded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Regin midfielder Angelina provided the cross into the box, King switching a left-footed first touch to her right and toeing the ball past a frozen keeper Katie Lund.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2022

But for the official move, the Regin agreed to gradually grow attendance capacity beginning with just opening the facility’s lower east stadium bowl.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2021

There are no complete records of how many people were seized, but a careful study by the Danish scholar Regin Schmidt estimates the total arrested in the Palmer Raids at ten thousand.

From The New Yorker Nov. 4, 2019

Symantec says the bug, named Regin, was probably created by a government and has been used for six years against a range of targets around the world.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2014

Then said the other: 'There lies Regin with himself communing; he will beguile the youth who is trusting in him; in rage he brings now ill words together; the evil-worker will avenge his brother.'

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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