Idun


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Idun

(ˈiːdʊn) or

Ithunn

n
(Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth the goddess of spring who guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young; wife of Bragi
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Noun1.Idun - (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young
Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
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Citing their ongoing probe, the Dutch Safety Board would not confirm if the captain of the Viking Idun, the Sigyn's sister ship, which collided with a tanker, the Chemical Marketer, on April 1 on the Western Scheldt waterway near the southern Dutch town of Terneuzen, was also the man being held as a suspect in Hungary.
Idun Tvedt, Norwegian special envoy to the peace process in the Philippines, who previously worked extensively on the peace process that brought Colombia's long-running civil war to an end, said that process was successful in large part because of "a very long-term strategic mobilization by the women's movement, in addition to some important key [female] players at the table."
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Acting Detective Sergeant Zac Idun received an OBE for services to victims of London and international terrorist atrocities.
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Representatives of the Royal Norwegian Government, including Special Envoy Idun Tvedt, sat in the meetings in their role as third party facilitator.
Third party facilitators from Norway led by special envoy for peace Idun Tvedt witnessed the meeting.
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