Mímir
nafnorðkarlkyn
name of the wise giant of Norse mythology, the keeper of the holy well Mímis-brunnr, = the burn of Mimir, the well of wisdom, in which Odin pawned his eye for wisdom, a myth which is explained as symbolical of the heavenly vault with its single eye, the sun, setting in the sea, 22. Mímir also occurs in the following compds, hregg-mímir = the ‘tempest-sky,’ and vett-mímir = the top sky = the uppermost heaven, (Gl.), which are among the nine heavens, such as the ancients fancied it, which shews a connection of this name with the sky; Sökk-mímir, the M. of the depth, is the name of a giant (representing the sky of the Inferno?), Again, another myth says that Odin carried with him the cut off head of the giant Mímir (Míms-höfuð), which told him all hidden things, 47, 7, : Odin is called Míms-vinr, = the friend of Mímir, Míms-synir, the sons of Mímir = the winds (?),
II. hold-mímir, flesh-maimer (?), is the name of a sword, (Gl.); also mimz = κρέας, 1 Cor. viii. 13, (= a chop, butcher’s meat?). ☞ Is the word to be derived from maiming, cutting, and is the likeness to memor only accidental? also the following word.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- ch.chapter.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- poët.poetically.
- cp.compare.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- Lat.Latin.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Yngl. S.Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)
- Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)