Geirröðr (also Geirröd) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is the father of the gýgjar Gjálp and Greip, who are killed by the thunder-god Thor. Geirröðr...

fostered Geirröðr. Upon the arrival of spring, the old man brought them a ship. The old couple took the boys to the shore, and the old man took Geirröðr aside...

death. The duel between the giant Hrungnir and Thor. The plan by the giant Geirrödr to entrap Thor, and how Thor triumphed with the aid of the giant Grídr...

to the story in "Þórsdrápa" of Thor's journey to the home of the jötunn Geirrǫðr. O'Donoghue 2008, p. 19. O'Donoghue 2008, p. 8. Abram 2011, p. 171. Abram...

Agnarr and Geirröðr, one living in a cave with a giantess and the other a king. Frigg then made the accusation to her husband that Geirröðr was miserly...

prose account of Thor's encounter with Geirröðr: The prose introduction notes that Thor arrived at Geirröðr's courts without his hammer. In its place...

Sandmo (born 1938), Norwegian economist Agnarr Geirröðsson, son of King Geirröðr in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál King Agnar, a character in the Disney...

Gjálp and Greip appear together as names of the daughters of the jötunn Geirröðr in Skáldskaparmál . Gjálp attempted to kill Thor by causing a river to...

Aurnir Father: Alvaldi Brothers: Iði, Þjazi Nafnaþulur, Skáldskaparmál Geirröðr spear redder Daughters: Gjálp, Greip Gesta Danorum, Nafnaþulur, Skáldskaparmál...

Greip) are two jötnar in Norse mythology, and the daughters of the jötunn Geirröðr. They are killed by the thunder god Thor for trying to kill him. The Old...

her staff Gríðarvöl (Gríðr's-staff) on Thor's journey to the abode of Geirröðr. Thor lodged for the night with a giantess called Grid. She was Víðarr...

is Loki, who gulls Thor into a confrontation with the giant Geirrod (Geirrǫðr). With the aid of some magical gifts from the giantess Grid (Gríðr), Thor...

argument about their foster-sons Agnarr and Geirrøðr. Odin had conspired and succeeded in making his own ward Geirrøðr replace Frigg's ward Agnarr on the throne...

name of Odin. In Grímnismál ('The Lay of Grímnir'), Odin mentions it to Geirröðr as one of his many names that constitute the beginning of his epiphany...

and he has also been named in many more ways, after he had come to King Geirrödr: We were called Grímr   and Gangleri, Herjann, Hjálmberi; Thekkr, Thridi...

dísir as norns: In Grímnismál, the wise Grímnir (Odin) predicts king Geirröðr's death, which he attributes to the wrath of the dísir. Again, dísir is...

Ulfheðinn as Guthmundus, calling him a giant and the brother of Geruthus (Geirröðr). He is sometimes given the epithet faxi, 'the one with a mane', i.e.,...

Loki also uses Frigg's feather cloak to journey to Geirröðargarða ("Geirröðr's courts" in Jötunheimr), referred to here as a valshamr ("falcon-feathered...

he is described as aiding Odin, disguised as Grímnir, to escape from Geirröðr's torture. After Odin reveals his true identity, King Gerriod dies by falling...

is made of spears and shields, similar to the hall of the howe-dweller Geirröðr in Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns. It has been proposed that Valhalla developed...

silent and the consort of Odin. She warned Thor about the treachery of Geirröðr and equipped him with her belt of strength, her iron glove, and her staff...

verses with the combatants being Sigurðr and Fafnir and then Thor and Geirröðr, but using kennings suited to the men's actual professions, both of which...

designation in August 2021. On 24 August 2022, it was officially named after Geirröðr, a jötunn from Norse mythology. He is an enemy of Thor and is killed by...