BARREY. A pleasant grove in which Gerd agreed with Skirner to meet Frey. _Barey._
BAUGI. A brother of Suttung, for whom (Baugi) Odin worked one summer in order to get his help in obtaining Suttung's mead of poetry. _Bauge._
BELI. A giant, brother of Gerd, who was slain by Frey. _Bele._
BERGELMIR. A giant; son of Thrudgelmer and grandson of Aurgelmer. _Bergelmer._
BESTLA. Wife of Bur and mother of Odin. _Bestla._
BEYLA. Frey's attendant; wife of Bygver. _Beyla._
BIFROST. [To tremble; the trembling way]. The rainbow. _Bifrost._
BILSKIRNIR. The heavenly abode of Thor, from the flashing of light in the lightning. _Bilskirner._
BOLTHORN. A giant; father of Bestla, Odin's mother. _Bolthorn._
BOLVERKR [Working terrible things]. An assumed name of Odin, when he went to get Suttung's mead. _Bolverk._
BODN. One of the three vessels in which the poetical mead was kept. Hence poetry is called the wave of the _bodn_. _Bodn._
BORR [_burr_, a son; Scotch _bairn_]. A son of Bure and father of Odin, Vile and Ve. _Bor._
BRAGI. The god of poetry. A son of Odin. He is the best of skalds. _Brage._
BREIDABLIK. [Literally to gleam, twinkle]. Balder's dwelling. _Breidablik._
BRISINGAMEN. Freyja's necklace or ornament. _Brisingamen._
BURI. The father of Bor. He was produced by the cow's licking the stones covered with rime, frost. _Bure._
BYGGVIR. Frey's attendant; Beyla's husband. _Bygver._
BYLEIPTR [Flame of the dwelling]. The brother of Loke. _Byleipt._
DAINN. A hart that gnaws the branches of Ygdrasil. _Daain._
DELLINGR [Dayspring]. The father of Day. _Delling._
DIS; plural DISIR. Attendant spirit or guardian angel. Any female mythic being may be called Dis. _Dis._
DRAUPNIR. Odin's ring. It was put on Balder's funeral-pile. Skirner offered it to Gerd. _Draupner._
DROMI. One of the fetters by which the Fenris-wolf was chained. _Drome._
DUNEYRR, DURAPROP. Harts that gnaw the branches of Ygdrasil. _Durathror._
DURINN. A dwarf, second in degree. _Durin._
DVERGR. A dwarf. In modern Icelandic lore dwarfs disappear, but remain in local names, as Dverga-steinn, and in several words and phrases. From the belief that dwarfs lived in rocks an echo is called _dwerg-mal_ (dwarf talk), and _dwerg-mala_ means to echo. The dwarfs were skilled in metal-working.