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Seidrmadr, language note

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BrainFireBob:
Seidr was the Norse word for magic. Inherently feminine, Odin shapeshifted into a woman to learn it, but he's so manly it's not feminine for him.

Madr is person.

I believe he's going for "magic man."

For anyone unsure

Conspiracy Theorist:
Perhaps should have gone with Sprakrrasshol instead to describe Harry

BrainFireBob:
That is not only genius, I have an old friend who just got a sidegrade from schweinhund

Conspiracy Theorist:
The beauty of it is that you can guess the meaning.

vultur:
Yeah seidrmadr means something like a magic worker.


--- Quote from: BrainFireBob on July 15, 2020, 03:13:59 PM --- Inherently feminine, Odin shapeshifted into a woman to learn it, but he's so manly it's not feminine for him.

--- End quote ---

I don't know that it is quite that straightforward, in the Lokasenna (sort of an insult contest between the gods, in the Poetic Edda) this is what Odin is blamed for.

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