Vörnir

Vörnir is a giant from Norse mythology. He is only extant in "Nafnaþulur" in the "Prose Edda".

The name has been connected to the PIE root "*ver-" (from "*verunyos"?), meaning "to cover". Cognates in other Indo-European languages have been suggested, but remain uncertain. The Vedic Varuna, the Mitanni names "aruna" and "urvana", Uranos, the sky god in Greek mythology, the Slavic god Veles, and "velnias", the Lithuanian for "devil".