Dáinn

"Dead." In Hávamál, the name of an elf who is particularly proficient in runes:

144. Runes thou wilt find,

and explained characters,

very large characters,

very potent characters,

which the great speaker depicted,

and the high powers formed

and the powers' prince graved:

145. Odin among the Æsir,

but among the Alfar, Dáin,

and Dvalin for the dwarfs,

Ásvid for the Jötuns:

some I myself graved.

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