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I⋅dun

[ee-thoon]
–noun Scandinavian Mythology.
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
Also, Ithun, Ithunn.


Origin:
< ON Ithunn; perh. deriv. of ith deed, feat
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(Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young 
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