Ullr

English
The coat of arms of Ullensaker displays Ullr as a charge.

Proper noun

Ullr

  1. (Norse mythology) an Áss associated with archery and skiing; the stepson of Thor.
    • 2013, Samantha-Rae Tuthill, Where Did Old Man Winter, Jack Frost Come From?. Accuweather.com.
      "For the Norse mythologies, Ullr was the god of winter. Son of a frost giant, he would rule Asgard in Odin's absence in the winter."
    • 2014, Norse Mythology for Smart People, Ullr
      "...Ullr is an excellent archer, hunter, skater, and skier, handsome, warlike, and an especially apt deity to invoke before a duel."
    • 2014, Raven Kaldera, Ullr Lord of Winter
      "Ullr is a very old god of the northern lands, so old that by the time the Iron Age Norse myths were written down, not much more was known about him except that he was a god of archery, hunting, and the winter."

Translations

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulþuz (“glory”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥tus (“appearance”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus, “glory”) and Latin vultus (“appearance, looks”).

Proper noun

Ullr m (genitive Ullar)

  1. (Norse mythology) Ullr (name of a god)

Declension
  Declension of Ullr (strong u-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Ullr
accusative Ull
dative Ulli
genitive Ullar
  Declension of Ullr (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Ullr
accusative Ull
dative Ulli
genitive Ulls

Descendants
  • Icelandic: Ullur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ull
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ull
  • → Latin: Ollerus
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.