Dellingr

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Dellingr, formally as if from Proto-Germanic *Dallingaz, perhaps "shining one", related to Old English deal (“proud, bright”) and possibly the second element of Old Norse Heimdallr and Mardǫll. Another proposed etymology is Proto-Germanic *Dagilingaz (“dayspring”), from *dagaz (“day”); === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Dellingr (Norse mythology) a figure in Norse mythology, the father of Dagr (the Day) === References === Bellows, Henry Adams (Trans.) (1936). The Poetic Edda. 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, page 32‬