Bergelmir
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- Instance of
- Hrimthurs
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Þrúðgelmir
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- member of
- Jötnar
- described by source
- Poetic Edda
- present in work
- Vafþrúðnismál
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Bergelmir ( ; Old Norse: ) is a jötunn in Norse mythology.
== Name == The Old Norse name Bergelmir has been variously translated as 'bear-yeller', 'mountain-yeller', or 'bare-yeller'. According to linguist Jan de Vries, the name should be read as ber-gelmir ('who roars like a bear') rather than berg-gelmir ('who roars in the mountains').
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