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Meaning & History
Meaning unknown; possibly an Old Norse form of IWAWALDAN or INHU-WALDAN. In Norse mythology Ívaldi was the father of a dwarfs. He built the ship Skíðblaðnir ("assembled from pieces of thin wood"), which belonged at different times to FREYR and ODIN, and can be folded up and put in a bag but is large enough for all the Æsir in full battle dress.