Dáinn (Norse dwarf)

Dáinn ("Dead") is a dwarf in Norse mythology.

In the Hyndluljóð (7) he is said to have made Freyja's boar Hildisvíni with another dwarf called Nabbi.

His name is found in the name of king Högni's sword Dáinsleif ("Dáinn's legacy"), which always kills a man when it is drawn.

Dáinn is also a dwarf in the dwarf-þula of the Völuspá (11) and in a stanza by Sigvatr Þórðarson but in the Hávamál (153) he is said to be an elf who carved the runes.

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