Hrímgerðr


Hrímgerðr is a jötunn in Norse mythology.

Name

The Old Norse name Hrímgerðr has been translated as 'frost-Gerðr'.

Attestation

In Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Hrímgerðr announces herself as the daughter of the jötunn Hati.
After the hero Helgi Hundingsbane kills her father, Hrímgerðr harasses him, and Atli Idmundsson engages her in a contest of flyting until she turns into stone in the sunrise.