bergrisi
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Old Norse
Etymology
From berg (“mountain”) + risi (“giant”). Cognate with Dutch bergreus (“mountain giant”) and German Bergriese (“mountain giant”).
Proper noun
bergrisi m (genitive bergrisa, plural bergrisar)
Synonyms
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References
- “bergrisi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press