Þul Jǫtna I 4III/3 — Skrýmir ‘Skrýmir’
Surtr ok Stórverkr, Sækarlsmúli,
Skorir, Skrýmir, Skerkir, Salfangr,
Ǫskruðr ok Svartr, Anduðr, Stúmi,
Alsvartr, Aurnir, Ámr ok Skalli.
Surtr ok Stórverkr, Sækarlsmúli, Skorir, Skrýmir, Skerkir, Salfangr, Ǫskruðr ok Svartr, Anduðr, Stúmi, Alsvartr, Aurnir, Ámr ok Skalli.
Surtr and Stórverkr, Sækarlsmúli, Skorir, Skrýmir, Skerkir, Salfangr, Ǫskruðr and Svartr, Anduðr, Stúmi, Alsvartr, Aurnir, Ámr and Skalli.
readings
[3] Skrýmir: ‘skrý[…]’ B, skrýmir ok 744ˣ
notes
[3] Skrýmir: This is one name of the giant (= Útgarðaloki) in whose glove Þórr spent a night on his way to Útgarðr (Gylf, SnE 2005, 38-9), but in Lok 62/5 Skrýmir is probably the name of Þórr’s knapsack. As to the origin of the name, AEW: skrýmir suggests a connection with New Norw. skrymja, ModSwed. skrymma ‘occupy much space, look big’, but, according to Kahle (1903, 209), the correct form is Skrymir and the heiti may be cognate with skrum n. ‘swaggering talk’, hence ‘boaster’ (?). This explanation is unlikely, however, because the long vowel is secured by the metre here. Skrýmir is also a heiti for ‘sword’ (see Note to Þul Sverða 2/2). The word is not otherwise used in skaldic poetry as a heiti for ‘giant’, but it is attested in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Skrýmir).