Reginn
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to regin (“the gods, the powers”), thus meaning “Potent One”.[1]
Proper noun edit
Reginn m (genitive Regins)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: Reginn
- Faroese: Regin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Regen, Regin
- Swedish: Regen, Regin
- Danish: Regin
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