Not
a borrowing. It's a native name: Hermóðr (cf. OE Heremo:d) < *xarja-mo:daz
'army-anger/courage'.
Piotr
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Subject: [tied] Re: the New Age
Irmin
> ... I read
in Funk and Wagnalls' that Odin had a messenger son
> named Hermod who
rode Sleipnir into the underworld to pass news of
> Balder's death. Does
anyone know if this is a late borrowing?