Þul Jǫtna I 1III/3 — Ymir ‘Ymir’
Ek mun jǫtna inna heiti:
Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði ok Þjazi,
Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir,
Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.
Ek mun inna heiti jǫtna: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði ok Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.
I shall tell the names of giants: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði and Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.
readings
[3] Ymir: ‘ymmir’ C, ‘[…]’ B, ‘ýmir’ 744ˣ
notes
[3] Ymir: The cosmic giant from whose flesh and blood the earth and the sea were created (Vsp 3/2; Grí 40-1; Gylf, SnE 2005, 11-12, etc.). Ymir is the mythical ancestor of the giants (Vafþr 28/5), and his name therefore comes first in the list. The name may be related to Lat. geminus ‘twin’ (AEW: Ymir; Dronke 1997, 111), but popular etymology relates it to the root of ymr m. ‘humming sound’ and the weak verb ymja ‘whine, cry’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 298). Cf. the frequently used ‘noise-maker’-pattern in giant-names, e.g. Hrungnir (l. 5), Herkir (st. 2/3), Þrymr (st. 2/7), as well as the other name for Ymir, Aurgelmir (st. 5/5). The name Ymir is used in kennings (LP: Ymir 1; see also ymir ‘clamourer’, Þul Hauks 2/1).