Þul Galtar 1III/2 — hrímnir ‘sooty one’
Gǫltr, valglitnir, gríss ok hrímnir,
svíntarr, runi, Sæhrímnir, bǫrgr,
rái, valbassi, røðr, drittroði,
þrór, vigrir, skunpr, þróndr, Vaningi.
Gǫltr, valglitnir, gríss ok hrímnir, svíntarr, runi, Sæhrímnir, bǫrgr, rái, valbassi, røðr, drittroði, þrór, vigrir, skunpr, þróndr, Vaningi.
Boar, slaughter-glittering one, pig and sooty one, svíntarr, hog, Sæhrímnir, castrated boar, rái, slaughter-bear, røðr, dirt-stepper, thriver, vigrir, skunpr, thriving one, Vanr-born one.
readings
[2] hrímnir: so Tˣ, ‘hrinnir’ R, ‘hrinir’ C, ‘irminir’ A, ‘vímnir’ B
notes
[2] hrímnir (m.) ‘sooty one’: This heiti means either ‘dark, sooty one’ (from hrím n. ‘soot’) or ‘screamer’ (from hreimr m. ‘scream, cry’). See Note to Þul Hjálms 1/4. Hrímnir is a giant-name (Þul Jǫtna I 1/5), and in the þulur the word is a heiti for ‘fire’ and ‘hawk’ (Þul Elds 1/8, Þul Hauks 1/4). Hrímnir is also used as a second element in certain mythical names (see Note to Sæhrímnir, l. 4 below). As a boar-heiti, hrímnir is found only in the present þula, but it appears with the sense ‘boar’ in several compounds, such as Sæhrímnir (l. 4) and valhrímnir ‘slaughter-boar’ (Þul Hjálms 1/4).