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Baldr

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of a god meaning 'lord, prince'

1) From Old Norse baldr = 'strong', 'bold', 'dangerous' (see BALD) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) From a word related to Lithuanian báltas and Old Slavic bĕlŭ = 'white', 'shining' [5]

Related Names

Balder ♂
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Baldor ♂
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Baldr ♂
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Baldur ♂
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See also Baldi

For female forms see Baldine

Combinations

For combinations see BALD (name element)

Further Information

Norse Mythology

Baldr is the god of beauty, purity, innocence, joy and peace. He is the second son of Óðinn and Frigg and his brother is Hermóðr. He is one of the Æsir.

Baldr's wife is Nanna. They have got a son named Forseti and live in a place named Breiðablik.

Frigg made every object on earth vow never to hurt Baldr because she had had a dream of Baldr's death. All objects but the mistletoe made the vow. Loki heard of this and made a spear from that weed and gave it to Baldr's blind half brother Hǫðr who inadvertently killed his brother.

Baldr was ceremonially burnt upon his ship called Hringhorni. Nanna, his wife, also threw herself on the funeral fire to be reunited with her husband. [6]

In the Old Norse poetry, baldr was used as a poetic word for 'man, prince, ruler' [1]

Text from the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson:

Annarr sonr Óðins er Baldr, ok er frá honum gott at segja.
The second son of Óðinn is Baldr, and good things are to be said of him.

Hann er svá fagr álitum ok bjartr svá at lýsir af honum,
He is so beautiful to look at and so bright that light shines from him,

ok eitt gras er svá hvítt at jafnat er til Baldr's brár.
and a grass/herb is so white that it is likened to Baldr's brow.

Þat er allra grasa hvítast,
It is the whitest grass of all,

ok þar eptir máttu marka fegrð hans bæði á hár ok á líki.
and from that you may judge his fairness, both in har and in body.

Hann er vitrastr ása ok fegrst talaðr ok líknsamastr.
He is the wisest of the Æsir, and the fairest-spoken and most gracious.

En sú náttúra fylgir honum at engi má haldask dómr hans.
And his spirits follow him so that none may gainsay his judgments.

Hann býr þar sem heita Breiðablik þat er á himni.
He dwells in the place called Breiðablik, which is in heaven.

Í þeim stað má ekki vera óhreint.
In that place may nothing be unclean.

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Denmark Denmark[7]
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Sweden Sweden[8]
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Norway Norway[9]
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Finland Finland[10]
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Greenland Greenland[11]
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Baldr.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  4. ↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  6. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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