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• dísir (dísir)

  Female protective spirits tied to kin and fertility.

• drápa (drápa)

  A formal laudatory skaldic poem with refrain stanzas in a lord's honour.

• draugr (revenant)

  A reanimated corpse with supernatural strength and will.

• Draupnir (Draupnir)

  Óðinn's gold ring that dripped eight equal rings every ninth night.

• dróttkvætt (court metre)

  The dominant verse metre in skaldic poetry with strict rhyme and alliteration.

• dvergr (dwarf)

  Underground master smiths created from the primordial giant's body.