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| | Northvegr - Grimm's TM - Chap. 16 |
 | | Hildr, Gunnr, Thrûðr deserve to be studied the more closely, because their personality turns up in other Teutonic tongues as well, and the presence there of some walachurian argues that of the whole sisterhood. |
 | | Even in ONorse, Hildr and Gunnr (=Guðr) got generalized into hildr and gunnr (pugna, proelium); of bellona was made bellum: 'hildr hefir þû oss verit,' bellona nobis fuisti, Sæm. |
 | | (45) The legend of Hildr, who goes to the val at night, and by her magic wakes the fallen warriors into life again, is preserved both in the Edda (Sn. |
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