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Njarar or
Njars were an
ancient Germanic people of Närke, Sweden,[citation needed] that
appears in the
Scandinavian version of the Lay of
Weyland the smith...
- is
partly derived from an old name for the
people of the province, the
Njarar (Njars) or
Nerikjar (today Närkingar). The root nari, neri is
cognate to...
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Discovering that Vǫlundr is
living alone, a
local king, Níðuðr, ‘lord of the
Njárar’, has him
captured in his
sleep (stanzas 7–12). Níðuðr
takes Vǫlundr's sword...
- Netherlands, but the low
country around Xanten.
Sigmund and Siegfried's kingdom.
Njarar Old Norse:
Niarar It's
uncertain if the name
represents a
historical people...
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element *nīþ-, but it is
common in the south. In Völundarkviða, king of the
Njárar, in Sweden, but in Þiðreks saga, a
ruler in Jutland.
Nithhad hamstrings...
