The Poetic Edda on Hrimgrimnir

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: Hrimgrimnir is associated with the location Hel.

  "35. "Hrimgrimnir is he, | the giant who shall have thee In the depth by the doors of Hel; To the frost-giants' halls | each day shalt thou fare, Crawling and craving in vain, (Crawling and having no hope.)"

• attestation: The stanza describes emotional response involving Hrimnir.

  "28. "Fearful to see, | if thou comest forth, Hrimnir will stand and stare, (Men will marvel at thee;) More famed shalt thou grow | than the watchman of the gods! Peer forth, then, from thy prison."

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Hrimnir is a frost-giant mentioned elsewhere only in Hyndluljoth.

  "Hrimnir: a frost-giant, mentioned elsewhere only in Hyndluljoth, 33."

• attestation: Hrimgrimnir ('The Frost-Shrouded') is a giant not mentioned elsewhere in the Eddic corpus.

  "Hrimgrimnir ("The Frost-Shrouded"): a giant not elsewhere mentioned."

The > Volume I > Fragment Of "The Short Voluspo"

• attestation: The stanza contains a narrative element involving Hrimnir.

  "34. Heith and Hrossthjof, | the children of Hrimnir. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . ."