Huginn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. one of a pair of ravens, the other being Muninn, who fly throughout the world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.

Word forms

Huginn

Etymology

From Old Norse Huginn (“thought”), from hugr, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).

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