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Mimir definition

Mi·mir (mē′mir′)

noun

Norse Myth. a giant guarding the spring of wisdom at the root of the tree Ygdrasil

Etymology: ON Mīmir, redupl. of Gmc *mer- < IE base *(s)mer-, to remember > mourn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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