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Gersemi (Old Norse "treasure") is the daughter of the fertility-goddess Freyja in Norse mythology. [1] She could be the same figure as Hnoss, another daughter of Freyja. [2]

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The Old Norse name Gersemi means 'treasure', something which is considered precious or valuable. [1] [3] It is most likely a derivative of the unattested Old Norse noun *gersamr, compared with the Icelandic gersemi or the Old Swedish gärsimi ('treasure'), and with the Danish gjørsum (a special fine imposed on a manslaughterer). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Orchard 1997, p. 54.
  2. Orchard 1997, p. 67.
  3. 1 2 de Vries 1962, pp. 164–165.

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