Associations to the word «Mimir»

Wiktionary

MÍMIR, proper noun. A figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, beheaded during the Æsir-Vanir War, after which Odin receives secret knowledge and counsel from the severed head.

Dictionary definition

MIMIR, noun. (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King