Hroðr

Hróðr (Old Norse "famed") is a female jötunn in Norse mythology, friendly to the Æsir and the wife of the jötunn Hymir.[1] According to the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, she is the mother of Týr, the poem suggests by Hymir, but the later Prose Edda states that Odin is his father.

Name

The Old Norse name hróðr has been translated as 'glorious, famed'.[2][3]

References
  1. Davidson 1993, pp. 50–53.
  2. de Vries 1962, p. 259.
  3. Orchard 1997, p. 192.

Bibliography
  • Davidson, Hilda E. (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-94468-2.
  • de Vries, Jan (1962). Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1977 ed.). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-05436-3.
  • Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.


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