Hroðr


Hróðr is a female jötunn in Norse mythology, friendly to the Æsir and the wife of the jötunn Hymir. According to the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, she is the mother of Týr, the poem suggests by Hymir, but the later Prose Edda states that Odin is his father.

Name

The Old Norse name hróðr has been translated as 'glorious, famed'.