Aurvandil

Aurvandil the Valiant was the husband of Groa.

Once, Thor fought the giant Hrungnir. After being killed by the god, Hrungnir fell forward upon Thor. No one of the Aesir was strong enough to remove the giant from Thor's neck, all except Magni, Thor's and Jarnsaxa's son.

After that, Thor went home to Thrudvangr, where Groa sung her spells over Thor and tried to remove the hone inside Thor's head. But then Thor told her that he brought her husband Aurvandil, in a basket on his back, out of Jötunheim and that one of Aurvandil's toes freeced 'couse it stucked out of the basket. Thor broke the toe off and threw it up to the sky.

Prose Edda: Skaldskaparmál XXV

Old Norse: Aurvandill
Meaning: “Seafarer”

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