Editing Geirröðr (section)

===Prose Edda===
In ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' (The Language of Poetry; early 13th c.), [[Loki]] is flying in [[Frigg]]’s [[Feather cloak#Germanic|hawk coat]] to Geirrödargardar, the abode of the giant Geirröðr, when he is captured by the latter and locked in a chest for three months. To redeem his life, Loki agrees to bring Thor to Geirröðr's place without his [[Megingjörð|belt of strength]] and [[Mjölnir|hammer]].{{Sfn|Faulkes|1987|p=81}}{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=137}} On their way to Geirrödargardar, Thor and Loki (or [[Þjálfi and Röskva|Thjálfi]] in ''[[Þórsdrápa|Thórsdrápa]]'') stop at the home of the giantess [[Gríðr]]. She warns Thor about Geirröðr's plan and equips him with a new belt of strength, a pair of iron gloves, and a staff named ''Grídarvöl'' (Gríd’s-staff).{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=137}} Arriving at Geirrödargardar, Thor is eventually challenged to a game by Geirröðr. The giant throws a piece of red-hot iron at him, but Thor is able to catch it with the iron gloves. As Geirröðr tries to hide behind a pillar, Thor throws the piece of iron through the column and kills him.{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=138}}

{{Poem quote|text=Then Geirrod had Thor called into the hall for games. There were great fires there along the length of the hall. And when Thor came into the hall opposite Geirrod, Geirrod picked up with tongs a glowing lump of molten iron and threw it at Thor, and with the iron gauntlets Thor caught and raised the molten lump into the air, while Geirrod ran to the shelter of an iron pillar for protection. Thor flung the molten lump and it crashed through the pillar and through Geirrod and through the wall and so into the ground outside.|char=|sign=[[Snorri Sturluson]]|title=''[[Skáldskaparmál]]''|source=18, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.}}