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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr, Hodurnoun

    (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe

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  1. hodur

    Höðr (Old Norse: Hǫðr [ˈhɔðz̠] (listen); often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is a god in Norse mythology. The blind son of Odin and Frigg, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr. According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg, Baldr's mother, made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe, which she found too unimportant to ask (alternatively, which she found too young to demand an oath from). The gods amused themselves by trying weapons on Baldr and seeing them fail to do any harm. Loki, the mischief-maker, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a spear from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr. In reaction to this, Odin and the giantess Rindr gave birth to Váli, who grew to adulthood within a day and slew Höðr. The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus recorded an alternative version of this myth in his Gesta Danorum. In this version, the mortal hero Høtherus and the demi-god Balderus compete for the hand of Nanna. Ultimately, Høtherus slays Balderus.

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  1. hodur

    Hodur, also spelled Höðr or Hoder, is a character from Norse mythology, often represented as a blind god associated with darkness and winter. He is known most notably for unknowingly killing his brother, the god Baldr, at the instigation of the trickster god Loki. Hodur's name is often translated as 'warrior' or 'slayer'.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HODUR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hodur is ranked #140157 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hodur surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hodur.

    98.3% or 117 total occurrences were White.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hodur in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hodur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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