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Definition of Ithunn
1. Noun. (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ithunn
Literary usage of Ithunn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northern Antiquities: Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs by Paul Henri Mallet, Walter Scott (1847)
"... to take a pleasant walk; but such etym. are like too many of P. Mag's., quite
conjectural. IDUNA, prop. IDUNN or ithunn: dt. etym. P. Meg. derives id, ..."
2. Symbolik und Mythologie der alten Völker, besonders der Griechen by Georg Friedrich Creuzer, Franz Joseph Mone (1822)
"Die bestimmte Zeit, wann Loki seinen Eid lösen mufs, and die ithunn mit ihren
goldenen Aepfeln aus der ..."