Yngvi

Old Norse: Yngvi
Meaning: "King" (often applied to Freyr, when he was called Ingvi-Freyr)

 

1. a dwarf
2. son of Halfdan
3. son of Hring


1.
Yngvi was one of the dwarves listed by the Volva.

Poetic Edda: Völuspá


2.
Yngvi (or Yng) was the son of Halfdan and Alvig. He was the ancestor of the Ynglings.

(Some say he was the son of Odin.)

Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál LXXX


3.
Yngvi was the son of Hring and brother of Atli and Alf.

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I

 

 

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