Feima Lv 1VIII (GrL 2)/3 — Hrímnis ‘Hrímnir’
Feima ek heiti; fædd var ek norðarla,
Hrímnis dóttir ór háfjalli.
Hér er systir mín hálfu fremri
Kleima at nafni komin til sjóvar.
Ek heiti Feima; ek var fædd norðarla, dóttir Hrímnis, ór háfjalli. Hér er systir mín, hálfu fremri, Kleima at nafni, komin til sjóvar.
I am called Feima; I was born in northern parts, daughter of Hrímnir <giant>, from the high mountain. Here my sister, twice as courageous, Kleima by name, has come to the sea-shore.
notes
[3] dóttir Hrímnis ‘daughter of Hrímnir <giant>’: The name Hrímnir is well-attested as a common name for a giant; the earliest example occurs in the giantess-kenning drós Hrímnis ‘woman of Hrímnir’ in Eil Þdr 18/6III. Since the name Hrímnir is derived from hrím which can mean both ‘(hoar)frost’ and ‘soot’, it is not clear whether Hrímnir means ‘Frosty’ or ‘Sooty’; cf. Þul Jǫtna I 1/5III. See Note to Ket 13/1-3.