Geri

Old Norse: Geri
Meaning: "Greedy"

1. a wolf
2. a hound

1.
The wolf called Geri ("The Greedy") was one of Odin's two wolves, the other one called Freki ("The Ravenous"). Odin never ate something, he gave everything to Freki and Geri. Odin himself only drank Mead.

2.
Geri and Gif were two hounds, mentioned in the Svipdagsmál.

Fjolsvith spake:
"Gif call they one, | and Geri the other,
If now the truth thou wouldst know;
Great they are, | and their might will grow,
Till the gods to death are doomed."
(Poetic Edda: Svipdagsmál)

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