Hodur

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Gender Masculine

Usage Old Norse (Anglicized), Norse Mythology (Anglicized)

Pronounced Pron. HOH-dyuhr(Norse Mythology) [key]

Meaning & History

From Old Norse hǫð "battle", ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *haþuz "battle". In Norse mythology Hodur is a blind son of Odin who accidentally kills Baldr when Loki gives him an arrow made of mistletoe (the only thing Baldr can be harmed by).

Added 3/22/2016 by anonymous
Edited 9/19/2020 by Beautiful Victory and Lucille