[5] Hrímnir: This giant is mentioned in eddic poems (cf. Skí 28/3; Hyndl 32/6) and in Vǫlsunga saga (FSN I, 118-19). Hrím n. means ‘soot’ or ‘rime’, and the kin of frost-ogres were known as hrímþursar (see also Hrímþurs, st. 2/5). Hrímnir m. means ‘rimy one’ or ‘sooty one’. Another giant of this name, Hrímnir úr Háfjalli ‘from Háfjall’, appears in Gríms saga loðinkinna (FSN II, 145-8, 152). The name occurs in kennings and is frequently used as a second element in compounds that do not designate giants (e.g. Sæhrímnir, valhrímnir, Andhrímnir). It is also recorded as a heiti for ‘boar’, ‘hawk’ and ‘fire’ (Þul Galtar l. 2, Þul Hauks 1/4 and Þul Elds 1/8).
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Gríms saga loðinkinna’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 288. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=76> (accessed 11 May 2024)
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Elds heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 921.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hauks heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 941.
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- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Galtar heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 900. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3215> (accessed 11 May 2024)
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Vǫlsunga saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 790. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10832> (accessed 11 May 2024)