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[8] Yggr: Lit. ‘frightening one’, and most likely originally an epithet for Óðinn (= yggr adj.). On Óðinn’s ability to terrify his enemies, see Yng (ch. 6, ÍF 26, 17). This is one of the most frequently used Óðinn-names.