Ginnarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From ginna (“to dupe, deceive”), thus meaning "The Deceiver".[1]

Proper noun

Ginnarr m (genitive Ginnars)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of Odin
  2. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References
  1. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Óðins nǫfn’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 731
  2. Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in ginnaof the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
  1. https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3228
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