Ymir

[ ee-mir, y-mir ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.

Ymir

/ ˈiːmɪə; ˈiːmə /

noun

1. Norse myth the first being and forefather of the giants. He was slain by Odin and his brothers, who made the earth from his flesh, the water from his blood, and the sky from his skull

Example Sentences

Drops of water fell from the mist and out of them there were formed the frost maidens and Ymir, the first Giant.

From Literature

Ymir slept, and while it slept, it gave birth: a male and a female giant were born from beneath Ymir’s left arm, a six-headed giant born from its legs.

From Literature

Weekly experiments using the equipment have allowed Ymir to jump to the forefront of exosomal biology—the study of small membrane bubbles that body cells shed in an attempt to communicate with each other.

From Newsweek

Fire and ice meet in the middle of nowhere to create Ymir, a large and sweaty giant who produced other giants by sweating them out.

From Salon

As to the etymology, which is considered by the Germans to be obscure, I have elsewhere ventured to suggest Old Northern ymia, stridere; whence the name of the giant Ymir, in Northern mythology.

From Project Gutenberg