Rimimirim

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  • mi rimiro: (Italian) I look at myself
  • di rimirar fè più ardenti: (Dante, Paradiso 31.142) “more ardent to regaze” → St Bernard watches Dante’s inarticulate wonder at the vision of the Virgin Mary, then “turned his eyes to her, with so much love that he made mine more ardent to regaze” → quoted by Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses 133.16
  • "Mimir": Norse giant who lived by the roots of the World Tree Ygdrasill where he guarded the well of wisdom; Odin sacrifices his eye for a drink from the well to gain wisdom.