Gersemi
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Gersemi (Old Norse "treasure") is the daughter of the fertility-goddess Freyja in Norse mythology.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=54}} She could be the same figure as Hnoss, another daughter of Freyja.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=67}}
Name
The Old Norse name Gersemi means 'treasure', something which is considered precious or valuable.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=54}}{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=|pp=164–165}} 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).{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=|pp=164–165}}
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=Bibliography=
- {{Cite book|last=de Vries|first=Jan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sI8eAAAAIAAJ|title=Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch|date=1962|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-05436-3|edition=1977|author-link=Jan de Vries (linguist)}}
- {{Cite book|last=Orchard|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIujQgAACAAJ|title=Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend|date=1997|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-0-304-34520-5|author-link=Andy Orchard}}
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