bergrisi
Old Norse
Etymology
From berg (“mountain”) + risi (“giant”). Cognate with Dutch bergreus (“mountain giant”) and German Bergriese (“mountain giant”).
Proper noun
bergrisi m (genitive bergrisa, plural bergrisar)
- (Norse mythology) A mountain-giant.
Synonyms
- jǫtunn
- hrímþurs
- þurs
See also
- gýgr
- íviðja
References
- bergrisi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press