Regin

American

[rey-gin] / ˈreɪ gɪn /

noun

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

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

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The Regin and Gotham were each fined $50,000.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023

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

In the 1970s, Regin worked for companies such as Rank Film and horror producers Hammer, selecting film scripts for production.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2019

Then Regin demanded that Fafnir divide the gold in halves between them.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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