Hornbori

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From horn (“horn”) +‎ bora (“to bore, drill”), thus meaning “Horn-borer”.^[1]

Proper noun edit

Hornbori m (genitive Hornbora)

(Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

Descendants edit

→ Icelandic: Hornbori
→ Faroese: Hornberi
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Hornbore
→ Swedish: Hornbore
→ Danish: Hornbore

References edit

^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

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