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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Krm 20VIII

[8] Örn ‘Ǫrn’: Nothing is known of this King Ǫrn, though the name, meaning ‘eagle’, may suggest some association with the god Óðinn, one of whose many names was Ǫrn, and with whom eagles were associated in a number of ways (see ARG I, 411-12; II, 64, 66-7, 69-71, 76, 139-40; Gräslund 2006, 127-9).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ARG = Vries, Jan de. 1956-7. Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Berlin: de Gruyter.
  3. Gräslund, Anne-Sofie. 2006. ‘Wolves, Serpents, and Birds: Their Symbolic Meaning in Old Norse Belief’. In Andrén et al. 2006, 124-9.

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