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Meanings of njord in inglês

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njord

(Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus.

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        Usage of njord in inglês
        1
        The Vanir also include Nerthus and Njord.
        Drawing Down the Moon
        2
        Njord died on a bed of sickness, and before he died made himself be marked for Odin with the spear-point.
        The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda
        3
        Husband: Njord (first), Ull (second)
        A Wiccan Bible
        4
        While the Supreme Court has not yet set a date for the case, Njord believes it could be resolved by mid-to-late 2018, Norheim added.
        Reuters
        5
        Such gods as Odin and Thor, Njord and Frey, were, he said, but the creations of men's poetic fancy, and had no real existence.
        Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
        6
        As well as Njord, who lost out by a nose, Jessica Harrington was also responsible for the third and fourth in Onlyhuman and Tauran Shaman.
        Independent.ie
        7
        He went on to take the concluding Balmoral Handicap with the Jessica Harrington-trained Njord (15-2) - just ahead of Doyle on Solid Stone.
        BBC
        Translations for njord
        português
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