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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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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

Denmark captain Peter Regin said: “Russia is a better team than us. That is just facts.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 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

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

Regin replied: Hither come we with Sigurth o'er the foam, Whom ocean breezes blow to our last home.—

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

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