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  2. Fimbulwinter - Wikipedia

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    Fimbulvetr comes from Old Norse, meaning "awful, mighty winter". The prefix fimbul , albeit with a largely unknown etymology , means "mighty, giant" etc., so the literal interpretation is "mighty winter".

  3. Old Norse - Wikipedia

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    The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century.

  4. Sumarr and Vetr - Wikipedia

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    Summer near Geysir, Iceland.. In Norse mythology, Sumarr (Old Norse: Summer [1]) and Vetr ("Winter" [2]) are personified seasons.Sumarr and Vetr, personified, are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, composed or compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

  5. Early Germanic calendars - Wikipedia

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    Old Norse month names are attested from the 13th century. As with most pre-modern calendars, the reckoning used in early Germanic culture was likely lunisolar . As an example, the Runic calendar developed in medieval Sweden was lunisolar, fixing the beginning of the year at the first full moon after winter solstice .

  6. Where did the name winter come from? How the season got ... - AOL

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    The word winter comes from an old Germanic word for “time of water,” a reference to the heavy rain and snow this time of year, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

  7. Þorri - Wikipedia

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    The name Þorri has long been identified with that of Thor, the name of the Norse thunder god, or thunder personified. [3] Probably the Þorrablót was in origin a sacrifice dedicated to Þór himself, and the figure of Þorri is a secondary etymology derived from the name of the sacrifice. Nilsson thinks that the personification of Þorri ...

  8. Skaði - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Skaði (/ ˈ s k ɑː ð i /; Old Norse: ; sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla , written in ...

  9. List of Old Norse exonyms - Wikipedia

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    Many historians assume the terms beorm and bjarm to derive from the Uralic word perm, which refers to "travelling merchants" and represents the Old Permic culture. [4] Bjarneyjar "Bear islands". Possibly Disko Island off Greenland. [5] blakumen or blökumenn Romanians or Cumans. Blokumannaland may be the lands south of the Lower Danube. Bót