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)

  1. (Norse mythology) A mountain-giant.

Synonyms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • bergrisi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press