English Explanatory Dictionary

Bergelmir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A frost giant in Norse mythology.
  2. A moon of Saturn.

Word forms

Bergelmir

Etymology

From the 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”).

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