English edit

Etymology edit

Old Norse name; the second element means "yeller," from the verb *gallmr, from Proto-Germanic *galmaz (echo). The first element has been variously interpreted as berg (mountain), berr (bare), and a variant of bjǫrn (bear).

Proper noun edit

Bergelmir

  1. (Norse mythology) A frost giant in Norse mythology.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.