Editing Gillingr

{{short description|Norse mythical character}}
{{redirect|Gilling}}
'''Gillingr''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|is|ˈɡilːeŋɡz̠|}}; also '''Gilling''') is a [[jötunn]] in [[Norse mythology]], and the father of [[Suttungr]].{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=225}} Gillingr and, later, his wife are murdered by the dwarfs [[Fjalar and Galar]]. In revenge, his son Suttungr tortures the dwarfs into giving him the [[mead of poetry]].{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=56}} 

== Name ==
The [[Old Norse]] name ''Gillingr'' has been translated as 'screamer'.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=56}} It is a related to the Old Norse verb ''gjalla'' ('to scream, yell'; compare with [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] ''gjalla'', [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ''gjella'', or [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ''gälla'').{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|pp=167, 169}}

== Attestations ==

=== Prose Edda ===
In ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' (The Language of Poetry), the dwarfs [[Fjalar and Galar]] kill Gillingr by overturning his boat.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=56}}{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=225}} When his wife hears of the news, she is "greatly distressed" and "weeps loudly" and the dwarf Galar, "weary of her howling", eventually kills her by dropping a millstone on her head.{{Sfn|Faulkes|1987|p=62}}

{{Poem quote|text=Then these dwarfs invited to stay with them a giant called Gilling and his wife. Then the dwarfs invited Gilling to go out to sea in a boat with them. But as they went along the coast the dwarfs rowed on to a shoal and the boat capsized. Gilling could not swim and was drowned, but the dwarfs righted their boat and rowed to land.|char=|sign=|title=''[[Skáldskaparmál]]''|source=57–58, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.}}

=== Viking Age ===
Gillingr is mentioned in a skaldic verse by [[Eyvindr skáldaspillir]] (10th c. AD), who portrays the mead of poetry as "Gilling’s compensation".{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=56}}
{{Poem quote|text=I desire silence for Har’s ale [Odin’s mead, poetry] while I raise Gilling’s payment [the mead], while his descent in pot-liquid [the mead, poetry] of gallows-cargo [Odin] we trace to gods.|char=|sign=[[Eyvindr skáldaspillir]]|title=|source=Skáld. 3, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.}}

== Legacy ==
Gillingr is also a surname, although not very common.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===

*{{Cite book|last=de Vries|first=Jan|title=Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch|date=1962|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-05436-3|edition=1977|author-link=Jan de Vries (linguist)|lang=de}}
*{{Cite book|last=Faulkes|first=Anthony|title=Edda|publisher=Everyman|year=1987|isbn=0-460-87616-3|edition=1995|author-mask=Faulkes, Anthony, trans.}}
*{{Cite book|last=Lindow|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC|title=Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983969-8|language=en|author-link=John Lindow}}
*{{Cite book|last=Orchard|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIujQgAACAAJ|title=Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend|date=1997|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-0-304-34520-5|language=en|author-link=Andy Orchard}}
{{Norse mythology}}

[[Category:Jötnar]]