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)

1. (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