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• galdr (incantation)

  An Old Norse magical song or incantation delivered in a high voice.

• Gimlé (Gimlé)

  The radiant hall that survives Ragnarök and shelters the righteous.

• Ginnungagap (Ginnungagap)

  The yawning void that existed before the creation of the world.

• Gjallarhorn (Gjallarhorn)

  Heimdall's mighty horn whose sound wakes the gods at Ragnarök.

• Gleipnir (Gleipnir)

  The slender fetter made of impossible things that bound the Fenrir wolf.

• goði (chieftain-priest)

  An Icelandic chieftain holding both religious and political functions.

• goðorð (chieftaincy)

  The office and client network held by an Icelandic chieftain-priest.

• Gramr (Gram)

  Sigurd's mythic sword reforged by Reginn, capable of splitting an anvil.

• Gungnir (Gungnir)

  Óðinn's magical spear, forged by dwarves, that never misses its mark.