Editing Geri and Freki (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''Geri'' has been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one".<ref name=SIMEKANDLINDOW>Simek (2007:90; 106); Lindow (2001:120; 139).</ref> The name ''Geri'' can be traced back to the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] adjective {{lang|gem-x-proto|[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geraz|geraz]]}}, attested in [[Burgundian language (Germanic)|Burgundian]] ''girs'', [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|gerr}}, [[Old Swedish]] ''giri'', [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|ger}} or {{wikt-lang|goh|giri}} and [[Old Dutch]] {{lang|don|gir}}, all of which mean "greedy".<ref name=OREL132>Orel (2003:132).</ref> Compare modern {{langx|da|gerrig}}, {{lang|da|girig}}, {{langx|no|girug}}, {{langx|sv|girig}}, all meaning greedy.

The name ''Freki'' can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective {{lang|gem-x-proto|[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frekaz|frekaz]]}}, attested in [[Gothic language|Gothic]] {{wikt-lang|got|𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃}} ({{lang|got-Latn|faihufriks}}) "covetous, avaricious", [[Old English]] {{wikt-lang|ang|frec}} "desirous, greedy, gluttonous, audacious" and Old High [[German language|German]] {{wikt-lang|goh|freh}} "greedy, covetous, desirous",<ref name=OREL113>Orel (2003:113).</ref> The [[Old Norse]] form {{wikt-lang|non|frekr}} is fairly broad (compare modern {{langx|da|fræk}}, {{langx|no|frek}}, {{langx|sv|fräck}}, {{lang|sv|fräk}}), meaning "brazen, enterprising, covetous, greedy and insatiable", including having a voracious appetite (”gluttonous”).

[[John Lindow]] interprets both Old Norse names as nominalized adjectives.<ref name=LINDOW120AND139>Lindow (2001:120 and 139).</ref> [[Bruce Lincoln]] further traces ''Geri'' back to a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] stem *''{{PIE|gher-}}'', which is the same as that found in {{lang|non|[[Garmr]]}}, a name referring to the hound closely associated with the events of {{lang|non|[[Ragnarök]]|italic=no}}.<ref name=LINCOLN99>Lincoln (1991:99).</ref>