Gerðr
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Gerðr is a jötunn (giantess) in Norse mythology best known as the beautiful wife of the god Freyr, central to a famous tale of love and courtship in the Poetic Edda.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerðr canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15149691 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerðr Context triple: [Gerd, nameVariant, Gerðr]
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A.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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B.
Móðguðr
Móðguðr is a figure in Norse mythology known as the guardian of the bridge over the river Gjöll, which leads to the realm of the dead.
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C.
Heiðr
Heiðr is a mysterious seeress or witch in Norse mythology, often associated with magic, prophecy, and sometimes identified with the figure Gullveig.
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D.
Thjodhild
Thjodhild was a Norse woman of the Viking Age, best known as one of the earliest Christian converts in Greenland and for building the first church there.
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E.
Gunnhild
Gunnhild was the mother of King Sverre of Norway, a key figure in the country’s medieval royal lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerðr Target entity description: Gerðr is a jötunn (giantess) in Norse mythology best known as the beautiful wife of the god Freyr, central to a famous tale of love and courtship in the Poetic Edda.
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A.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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B.
Móðguðr
Móðguðr is a figure in Norse mythology known as the guardian of the bridge over the river Gjöll, which leads to the realm of the dead.
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C.
Heiðr
Heiðr is a mysterious seeress or witch in Norse mythology, often associated with magic, prophecy, and sometimes identified with the figure Gullveig.
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D.
Thjodhild
Thjodhild was a Norse woman of the Viking Age, best known as one of the earliest Christian converts in Greenland and for building the first church there.
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E.
Gunnhild
Gunnhild was the mother of King Sverre of Norway, a key figure in the country’s medieval royal lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.