Hrím-þursar
Old Norse Dictionary - hrím-þursar
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrím-þursar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrím-þursar
- m. pl. ‘Rime-giants;’ the Titans of the Scandin. mythology were so called, as opposed to and older than the common Jötnar (Giants), Vþm. 33, Hm. 109, Gm. 31, Skm. 34; hrímþursar ok bergrisar, Edda 10, 15, 25, 38.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᛘ-ᚦᚢᚱᛋᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)