Ran

Rán

... Ran is the name of Ægir's wife, and their daughters are nine, even as we have written before ... voyage, so that if they drowned while at sea, Ran would be pleased by their gift ...

Famous quotes containing the word ran:

    “There were three gipsies a-come to my door,
    And down-stairs ran this a-lady, O!”
    —Unknown. The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies (l. 1–2)

    “It doesn’t make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, “I’m really happy that you’re my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here’s a dollar.””
    —Bill Cosby (20th century)

    “Here was a great woman; a magnificent, generous, gallant, reckless, fated fool of a woman. There was never a place for her in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths.”
    —Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)