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Þul Jǫtna I 1III/8 — Gymir ‘Gymir’

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

[8] Hripstoðr Gymir: hripstuðr gymir , gymir ok hripstorðr C, hripstúttr gymir A, 744ˣ, ‘hrip[…]t[…]r gymir’ B

notes

[8] Gymir: The father of Gerðr (Skí 6/1, etc.). Gymir is also a name for the sea-giant Ægir (Lok prose, NK 96) and hence a heiti for ‘sea’ (see Þul Sjóvar 2/6). The origin of the name is unclear. Sahlgren (1927-8, II, 241) favours the meaning ‘protector’ (related to the weak verb geyma ‘keep, watch’) while Johansson (1912, 122-3) and Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 301) argue that, as the name of a chthonic being, Gymir is connected with gum- (gumi m. ‘man’; Lat. homo). For other suggested etymologies, see AEW: gymir 1-2).

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