[5] Hymir: The giant who accompanied Þórr when he attempted to catch and kill Miðgarðsormr, the World Serpent (Bragi Þórr; ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-6; Gylf, SnE 2005, 44-5; Hym). The name is used in kennings, but the meaning of the word is not clear. Hellquist (1903, 365) prefers ‘covering one’ from the root *(s)ku- (e.g. ModSwed., ModNorw., ModDan. hud ‘skin’) rather than the widely accepted connection with húm n. ‘dusk’ (for other explanations, see Motz 1987, 306 and AEW: Hymir).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Hellquist, Elof. 1903. ‘Om Fornjótr’. ANF 19, 134-40.
- Motz, Lotte. 1987. ‘Old Icelandic Giants and Their Names’. FS 21, 295-317.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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- Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘ Bragi inn gamli Boddason, Þórr’s fishing’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 46. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3094> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 412.