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.

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See also

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