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Old Norse
Etymology
From ginna (“to dupe, deceive”), thus meaning "The Deceiver".[1]
Proper noun
Ginnarr m (genitive Ginnars)
- (Norse mythology) name of Odin
- (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
References
Further reading
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Óðins nǫfn’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 731
- Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in ginnaof the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4