Drofn

According to Snorri, Drofn was the daughter of Aegir and Ran and by Odin one of Heimdall's mothers.

(Drofn is also listed as the name of a river.)

She was replaced by Bara in the list of the Skáldskaparmál’s Sjávarkenningar (kennings of the sea).

“Dröfn, sem Ormr kvað:
Hrosta drýgur hvern kost
hauk lúðrs gæiþrúðr,
en drafnar loga Lofn
löstu rækir vinföst.”
(“Foam-Fleck, as Ormr sang:
The hawk-like, heedful Lady
Has every virtue: Lofn
Of the Foam-Fleck‘s flame-gold, faithful
As a friend, all faults renounceth.”
Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál LXXVI, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur)

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Prose Edda:
- Skáldskaparmál XXXIII
- Skáldskaparmál LXXVI
- Nafnaþulur LXIV
- Nafnaþulur LXVIII

Old Norse: Dröfn
Meaning: "Foam-Fleck", "Comber" or "Foaming Sea"

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