English
Grimnir
Grimnir comes from Old Norse Grímnir ‘masked one’.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Grímnir‘masked one’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Grimnir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Grímnir‘masked one’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Grimnir
Earliest quotation: 2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths: “Grimnir taught Geirrodr how to unseat an opponent from…”
Every English word from Old Norse Grímnir
Today it means
name Odin; specifically, the name adopted by Odin in Grímnismál ("The Lay of Grimnir", also called "Grimnir's Sayings", in the Poetic Edda).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Grímnir / Grimnir