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[5] Aurgelmir: Lit. ‘clay-screamer’. This is another name for the primeval giant Ymir (cf. Gylf, SnE 2005, 10; Vafþr 29/6, 30/4). See also Ymir (st. 1/3), Þrúðgelmir (st. 2/7) and Aurnir (st. 4/7).