Heimdallr

== 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”). === 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 ==== === References === === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “Heimdallr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 250 Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell, p. 32