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.
[5] Hrungnir: om. C, ‘[…]vnngnir’ B, ‘hrunngnir’ 744ˣ
[5] Hrungnir: The giant who was killed by Þórr in single combat (Þjóð Haustl 14-20; Skm, SnE 1998, I, 20-4; Hárb 14/4, 15/2). References to this myth are found in several skaldic kennings. The name is cognate with hrang n. ‘noise, din’, hence ‘noise-maker’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 301).