Hrym

Hrym was a Jötun-Giant. He was the helmsman of Naglfar and at Ragnarok he will come as the leader of the giants.
Snorri wrote that Loki (with the people of Hel) and Hrymr (with the giants) will arrive at Vigrid after the Fire-Giants, Jormungand and the wolf Fenrir.

From the east comes Hrym | with shield held high;
In giant-wrath | does the serpent writhe;
O'er the waves he twists, | and the tawny eagle
Gnaws corpses screaming; | Naglfar is loose.
(Poetic Edda: Völuspá)

Poetic Edda: Völuspá
Prose Edda: Gylfaginning LI

Old Norse: Hrymr
Meaning: "Theold"(?), "Infirm"(?)

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