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.
[8] Hripstoðr Gymir: hripstuðr gymir Tˣ, gymir ok hripstorðr C, hripstúttr gymir A, 744ˣ, ‘hrip[…]t[…]r gymir’ B
[8] Hripstoðr: Or possibly ‑stuttr ‘short’ (so A and 744ˣ, and adopted in Skj B and Skald). The meaning of the second element of this name, which is a hap. leg., is unclear. The first element is most likely hrip n. ‘box of laths’ or ‘basket to carry sth. in while on horseback’ (CVC: hrip). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 301) interprets the name Hripstuttr as den lille med hrip, i.e. ‘the short one with a box’.