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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 6III

[3] Bergelmir: Ymir’s grandson and the progenitor of the frost-giants (Vafþr 29/3, 35/3; Gylf, SnE 2005, 11). The first element ber- is either from the root *ber- in bjǫrn m. ‘bear’ or from berg n. ‘rock’; hence ‘bear-screamer’ or, alternatively, ‘rock-screamer’ (cf. ÍO: Bergelmir). For the second element ‑gelmir ‘noise-maker’, see Þrúðgelmir (st. 2/7). The name does not otherwise appear in skaldic poetry.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Internal references
  5. (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 11 May 2024)
  6. Not published: do not cite ()

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