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Definition of Hoenir
1. Noun. (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoenir
Literary usage of Hoenir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"On their part, the Asa Gods gave one of their own, Hoenir, as a hostage to the
... Seeing that Hoenir is afterwards mentioned as one of the Asic Trinity ..."
2. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary (1893)
"... now seated themselves near the fire, and Hoenir lifted up the lid of the pot.
A thick steam rose up from it; but when he took out the meat it was as red ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1884)
"Now it will be seen at once that Niord and Freyr, water and heat, correspond
precisely to the two brothers of Odin, to Hoenir and Lodur, ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1884)
"Now it will be seen at once that Niord and Freyr, water and heat, correspond
precisely to the two brothers of Odin, to Hoenir and Lodur, ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1897)
"Odin gave them spirit, Hoenir sense, and Lodur blood and fair colour." The younger
or prose Edda gives rather a different version, and says it was Odin, ..."
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