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Icelandic for "sea-giant"

Different editors have added úthafrisi, sjórisi, and most recently sæjötunn as Icelandic for "sea-giant". All of these seem to be anachronistic; I cannot find any Old Norse attestations for them, and have accordingly removed the translation entirely. Does anyone have any Old Norse attestations for any of the three? It's hard to Google for words containing ǫ, so I may be missing an instance. But purely modern Icelandic terminology is not needed unless reliable sources have made a point about them concerning, for example, his being a risi as opposed to a jötunn, or lord of the ocean deeps rather than of the sea in general. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:13, 7 July 2014 (UTC) al

I don't think it is unusual to see Ægir as another apellation for Le, the master of the billows mentioned in the Orkneyar Saga. Ægir is, as I see it, a strong hint to the proto-type, the karb of King Lear. The proper understanding of the three garðar: Útgarðar, where we should find the úthafrisi, Midgard and Asgard. --Xactnorge (talk) 18:21, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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Pronunciation?

An audio pronunciation guide for this would be helpful, or even a text one. Is the "g" soft or hard? Is Æ pronounced "ee"? Which syllable gets the emphasis? 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:AC63:2AA:BCE2:3A45 (talk) 00:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader

I don't think an audio track is necessary (can we get one for every single article with an Old Norse name?), maybe an IPA rendition would be enough. But for now every question you made can be answered with a quick read of the wiki article on Old Norse language; the 'g' is always hard, the 'æ' is /ɛ/, and the stress always falls on the first syllable. They're not an enigma, they're consistent rules in Old Norse. Il Qathar (talk) 11:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
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