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{{short description|Norse mythical character}}
'''Hróðr''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈhroːðz̠|}} "famed") is a female [[jötunn]] in [[Norse mythology]], mentioned in the [[Poetic Edda|Eddic poem]] ''[[Hymiskviða]]'', in which [[Thor]] is referred to as "Hróðr's adversary." {{Sfn|Davidson|1993|pp=50–53}} But the context is unclear, so the name could equally refer to an otherwise unknown giantess adversary of Thor, of which many are mentioned in other sources such as ''[[Hárbarðsljóð]]''.

Some readings of ''Hymiskviða'' have identified Hróðr as the name of the mother of [[Týr]], who appears in the poem, a giantess friendly to the [[Æsir]] and the wife of the jötunn [[Hymir]]. If Hróðr is Tyr's mother, the poem suggests that Hymir is the father, but the later ''[[Prose Edda]]'' states that [[Odin]] is his father. Since fosterage of hero figures by giantesses is a common trope in Norse folklore, Hymir could be a foster-father, an important relationship in Viking culture.

== Name ==
The [[Old Norse]] name ''hróðr'' has been translated as 'glorious, famed'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=259}}{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=192}}

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===Bibliography===
*{{Cite book|last=Davidson|first=Hilda E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vueIAgAAQBAJ|title=The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe|date=1993|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-94468-2|language=en|author-link=Hilda Ellis Davidson}}
*{{Cite book|last=de Vries|first=Jan|title=Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch|date=1962|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-05436-3|edition=1977|author-link=Jan de Vries (linguist)}}
*{{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}}

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