Odin knows many secrets. He gave an eye for wisdom. More than that, for knowledge of
runes, and for power, he sacrificed himself to himself.
WORD LISTS"Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman, Chapters 1–5November 13, 2019
In this collection, Neil Gaiman retells Scandinavian myths and legends for a contemporary audience.
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rune
Odin knows many secrets. He gave an eye for wisdom. More than that, for knowledge of
runes, and for power, he sacrificed himself to himself.
grave
He hung from the world-tree, Yggdrasil, hung there for nine nights. His side was pierced by the point of a spear, which wounded him
gravely.
buffet
The winds clutched at him,
buffeted his body as it hung.
ecstasy
He was cold, in agony, and on the point of death when his sacrifice bore dark fruit: in the
ecstasy of his agony he looked down, and the runes were revealed to him.
gallows
Odin has many names. He is the all-father, the lord of the slain, the
gallows god.
hostile
He brought war into the world: battles are begun by throwing a spear at the
hostile army, dedicating the battle and its deaths to Odin.
cunning
Thor, Odin’s son, is the thunderer. He is straightforward where his father Odin is
cunning, good-natured where his father is devious.
devious
Thor, Odin’s son, is the thunderer. He is straightforward where his father Odin is cunning, good-natured where his father is
devious.
forge
Thor’s weapon is Mjollnir, a remarkable hammer,
forged for him by dwarfs.
plausible
Loki is very handsome. He is
plausible, convincing, likable, and far and away the most wily, subtle, and shrewd of all the inhabitants of Asgard.
wily
Loki is very handsome. He is plausible, convincing, likable, and far and away the most
wily, subtle, and shrewd of all the inhabitants of Asgard.
shrewd
Loki is very handsome. He is plausible, convincing, likable, and far and away the most wily, subtle, and
shrewd of all the inhabitants of Asgard.
stratagem
He is tolerated by the gods, perhaps because his
stratagems and plans save them as often as they get them into trouble.
woe
Loki makes the world more interesting but less safe. He is the father of monsters, the author of
woes, the sly god.
maelstrom
Here eleven poisonous rivers cut through the mist, each springing from the same well at the center of it all, the roaring
maelstrom called Hvergelmir.
void
Between Muspell and Niflheim was a
void, an empty place of nothingness, without form.
clamber
Only one giant, Bergelmir, Ymir's grandson, and his wife survived, by
clambering onto a wooden box, which bore them like a boat. All the giants we see and we fear today are descended from them.
resilient
The ash tree is
resilient and handsome and its roots go deep.
foliage
There are four stags who graze on the huge branches of the world-tree, devouring the
foliage and the bark.
guise
Long, long ago, when the worlds were young, Odin put on his long cloak and his hat, and in the
guise of a wanderer he traveled through the land of the giants, risking his life to get to Mimir, to seek wisdom.
incantation
He rubbed Mimir’s head with certain herbs to prevent it from rotting, and he chanted charms and
incantations over it, for he did not wish Mimir’s knowledge to be lost.
tentatively
Her fingers reached up to her bare pink scalp and touched it, exploring it
tentatively.
shifty
A hundred expressions chased each other across Loki’s face: cunning and shiftiness, truculence and confusion.
truculence
A hundred expressions chased each other across Loki’s face: cunning and shiftiness,
truculence and confusion.
muse
“Today,”
mused Thor, “it will probably take me about an hour to break every bone in your body. But I bet that with practice I could get it down to about fifteen minutes. It will be interesting to find out.”
ingenious
The most
ingenious craftsmen of them all, he decided, were the three dwarfs known as the sons of Ivaldi.
guileless
Loki looked as
guileless as he could, which was amazingly
guileless.
bellows
“Right,” said Eitri. “You work the
bellows, Brokk. Just keep pumping them. I need this hot, and I need it consistently hot, otherwise it won’t work. Pump. Pump.”
seethe
The black fly, up on the corner of the ceiling,
seethed with resentment and irritation.
resentment
The black fly, up on the corner of the ceiling, seethed with
resentment and irritation.
dainty
The insect stepped aside
daintily to avoid a rivulet of sweat, for the air was hot and close in the forge.
rivulet
The insect stepped aside daintily to avoid a
rivulet of sweat, for the air was hot and close in the forge.
subtlety
Loki, in fly shape, decided that there was no more time for
subtlety.
modest
"I might have wisely arranged for protection from knifeblades,” said Loki
modestly. "Just in case the whole you-can’t-cut-my-neck ploy did not work. I am afraid no knifeblade can cut me!”
ploy
"I might have wisely arranged for protection from knifeblades,” said Loki
modestly. "Just in case the whole you-can’t-cut-my-neck
ploy did not work. I am afraid no knifeblade can cut me!”
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