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Gerd, Gärd, Gerdhr, Gerda or Gerdur (Old Norse Gerð) was the giantess wife of the Norse god Freyr and a daughter of Gymir by Aurboda. Her name is probably from gerða 'to fence in' related to garðr 'enclosed space' cognate with the English word yard and (through Danish) of the English word garth. Gerd may have been a personification of soil fertility. Her brilliant, naked arms illuminated air and sea.

Gerd is included among the Ásynjur in Snorri Sturluson's Edda.

The account of her wooing is given in the poem Skirnismál. She never wanted to marry Freyr, refused his proposals (delivered through Skirnir, his messenger) even after bringing her eleven golden apples and Draupnir. Skirnir finally threatened to use Freyr's sword to cover the earth in ice and she agreed to marry Freyr.

According to the Ynglinga saga she was the mother of Freyr's son Fjölnir who succeeded Freyr as ruler of SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf.

In the SkáldskaparmálThe second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. The Skaldskaparmal or 'language of poetry' is effectively a dialogue between the Norse god of the sea, King AEgir and Bragi, the god of poetry, in which both Norse mythology and discourse on the nat Gerd is named along with JördIn Norse mythology, Jord was the goddess of the Earth. She was married to Odin and mother of Thor. Alternative: Hlodyn, Fjorgyn, Jord. See also Nerthus Gaia (mythology) Norse mythology., RindIn botany, a rind is the thick outer skin of various structures such as fruit. The term can refer to skins of other things such as cheese or pork. In Norse mythology, the giantess Rind was the mother of Vali by Odin (though she was unwilling to lay with h, and GunnlödIn Norse mythology, Gunnlod was a daughter of Suttung, who was set guard by her father in the cavern where he housed the mead of poetry. She was tricked by Odin, who stole all the mead. Norse giants. as rivals of OdinWotan Wodan Woden Oden Odin or dinn is usually considered the supreme god of Germanic and Norse mythology. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of both wisdom and war, roles not necessarily conceived of as being mutually sympat's wife FriggIn Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was the mother goddess and the wife of Odin or Odr. Considered queen of the heavens, the goddess of motherhood, fertility, love and housework. Indeed strong parallels exist between Frigg and Freya of whom she may be a d, these other three being among those whom Snorri Sturluson elsewhere relates that Odin had bedded. Gerd in this list is probably an error for Gríd who is otherwise conspicuously absent.