Munen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Munin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mʊːnən/, /²muːnən/
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Muninn, from munr, whence also mun, mon.
Proper noun
Munen m
- (Norse mythology) Muninn, one of Odin’s two ravens
- 1932, Høeg, Hans; Svarstad, Hans, Lesebok for norsk ungdom [Textbook for Norwegian youth], page 13:
- Tvo ramnar sit på herdane hans. Dei heiter Hugen og Munen. I dagningi sender han dei ut til å fljuga yver verdi, og dei kjem att ved dugurdsmål. På den måten fær han med seg mange tidender.
- Two ravens sit on his shoulders. Their names are Huginn and Muninn. In the morning, he sendes them to fly over the world, and they come home by noon. That way, he’ll be updated about many events.
See also
- Hugen