Ran

Rán

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

Famous quotes containing the word ran:

    “I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten—the only time I have been beaten by the people.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

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

    “I have led her home, my love, my only friend.
    There is none like her, none.
    And never yet so warmly ran my blood
    And sweetly, on and on
    Calming itself to the long-wished-for end,
    Full to the banks, close on the promised good.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)