sentences:  Geirröðr is mentioned in the skaldic poem "Þórsdrápa", written by Eilíf Godrúnarson (late 10th c. AD), itself cited in "Skáldskaparmál" (early 13th c.) where it is preceded by Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth, and in "Gesta Danorum" by Saxo Grammaticus (early 13th c.).The Old Norse name "Geirröðr" has been translated as 'spear-reddener'.It stems from the Old Norse masculine noun "geirr" ('spear'), ultimately from the Proto-Germanic "*gaizaz" ('spear, tip').