Aurboða

"Gravel-bidder." According to Völuspá hin skamma, a giantess, the wife of a certain Gýmir. Their daughter was Gerðr, the fairest of all women and the wife of Freyr:

Frey to wife had Gerd,
she was Gymir's daughter,
from Jötuns sprung and Aurboda;

References

Sources

  • Gylfaginning, 37.
  • Völuspá hin skamma, 2.