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