Harðverkr, Hrøkkvir ok Hástigi,
Hræsvelgr, Herkir ok Hrímgrímnir,
Hymir ok Hrímþurs, Hvalr, Þrígeitir,
Þrymr, Þrúðgelmir, Þistilbarði.
Harðverkr, Hrøkkvir ok Hástigi, Hræsvelgr, Herkir ok Hrímgrímnir, Hymir ok Hrímþurs, Hvalr, Þrígeitir, Þrymr, Þrúðgelmir, Þistilbarði.
Harðverkr, Hrøkkvir and Hástigi, Hræsvelgr, Herkir and Hrímgrímnir, Hymir and Hrímþurs, Hvalr, Þrígeitir, Þrymr, Þrúðgelmir, Þistilbarði.
[3] Herkir: ‘hriki’ C, ‘h[…]k[…]’ B, herkir 744ˣ
[3] Herkir: Lit. ‘noise-maker’, from hark n. ‘tumult’. As a giant-name it is mentioned only here, but herkir (as a variant reading of skerkir) is also a heiti for ‘fire’ (see Þul Elds 1/6) and Herkir is the name of a berserk in Gǫngu-Hrólfs saga (ch. 31, FSN III, 326 n. 6). Alternatively, the correct reading may be hriki m. ‘large fellow’ (‘giant’ in Modern Icelandic), but that variant is attested only in C.