Ran

Rán

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

Famous quotes containing the word ran:

    “Achilles had strapped the wind
    About his ankles,
    He brushed rocks
    The waves had flung.
    He ran in armour.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay,
    That was built in such a logical way
    It ran a hundred years to a day,”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “She ran down the stair
    A twelve-year-old darling
    And laughing and calling
    She tossed her bright hair;”
    —John Streeter Manifold (b. 1915)