Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A giant who lived by the roots of Yggdrasil, where he guarded the well of wisdom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Norse mythology) A giant who guarded the well of wisdom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It troubles me to suspect that he was also called Mimir; but of this we need not speak, because a thing done has an end, even a killed grandfather.
Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918
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Zhang has been limited with his current sets of infrared data, so he is embarking on an observing program using a special instrument called Mimir attached to the 1. 8-meter Perkins Telescope at Anderson Mesa, also at Lowell.
Livescience.com 2010
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Traditionally, an eyepatch signifies wisdom – Odin sacrificed an eye at the Well of Mimir in exchange for knowledge – though not in Thor, where he's played by Anthony Hopkins, who loses his in an argy-bargy with the Frost Giants.
Anne Billson – Cutter's Way and the great tradition of the film eyepatch 2011
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Traditionally, an eyepatch signifies wisdom – Odin sacrificed an eye at the Well of Mimir in exchange for knowledge – though not in Thor, where he's played by Anthony Hopkins, who loses his in an argy-bargy with the Frost Giants.
Anne Billson – Cutter's Way and the great tradition of the film eyepatch 2011
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Answers about Ragnarok, and you don't even have to trade your eye to Mimir for them!
princeofcairo: The FAQ After Ragnarok princeofcairo 2009
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Mim or Mimir (see this article from Brittanica), on the other hand, is a wise god who tried in vain to mediate a peace between the warring Vanir and Aesir (Cotterell and Storm 2006: 210).
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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Mim or Mimir (see this article from Brittanica), on the other hand, is a wise god who tried in vain to mediate a peace between the warring Vanir and Aesir (Cotterell and Storm 2006: 210).
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Answers about Ragnarok, and you don't even have to trade your eye to Mimir for them!
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2009
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Answers about Ragnarok, and you don't even have to trade your eye to Mimir for them!
princeofcairo: The FAQ After Ragnarok princeofcairo 2009
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Mimir – I think our history has shown this deference to the Executive in granting (mostly) unfettered ability to select his cabinet, advisers and ambassadors.
Think Progress » Will Joe Lieberman Oppose John Bolton? 2006
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