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Old Norse
Etymology
heimr (“home; world”) + dallr of unknown origin and meaning. The latter term appears to correspond to feminine -dǫll in Mardǫll, one of Freyja's names, and is perhaps cognate with Old English deal (“proud, eminent”), giving a potential meaning "World-Bright". It may also be the root of Dellingr (“the father of Dagr or Day”), whose name could mean "the shining one." According to Pokorny, the root is Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“shining, light”), a derivative of *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam”), compare the cognates listed at Albanian diell (“sun”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɛ̃ĩmˌdɑlːr̩/
Proper noun
Heimdallr m (genitive Heimdallar)
- (Norse mythology) Heimdall
- Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 3-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 1:
- Meiri ok minni / mögu Heimdallar;
- Greater and smaller / sons of Heimdall;
Declension
Declension of Heimdallr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive, indefinite singular only)
References
- Heimdallr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell, p. 32