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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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Tolvanen said Kurri took him “under his wing” as did his linemate, onetime New Jersey Devils forward Brian O’Neill, and teammate Peter Regin, who’d played 243 NHL games with Ottawa, Chicago and the Islanders.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

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

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

Yea what of Regin? shall he scatter wrack o'er the world?

From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by Morris, William

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