Editing Gymir (father of Gerðr) (section)

==Name==
The meaning of the [[Old Norse]] name ''Gymir'' is unclear.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=197}}{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=127}} Proposed translations include 'the earthly' (from Old Norse ''gumi''), 'the wintry one' (from ''gemla''), or 'the protector', the 'engulfer' (from ''geyma'').{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=197}}{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=127}}{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=70}}

In ''[[Lokasenna]]'' (Loki's [[Flyting]]) and ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' (The Language of Poetry), Gymir is given by [[Snorri Sturluson]] as an alternative name for the divine personification of the sea [[Ægir]].{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=156}} [[Rudolf Simek]] argues that it may be an erroneous interpretation of [[kenning]]s in which different giant-names are used interchangeably.{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=126}}
{{Poem quote|text=Here it is implied that they are all the same, Ægir and Hler and Gymir ... What terms for sea are there? It is called mere, ocean (ægir), engulfer (gymir), roarer (hler), main, road, depth, salt, water, swell.|char=|sign=|title=''Skáldskaparmál''|source=25, 60–61, transl. A. Faulkes, 1987.}}