Hyʹmer.

The giant in Celtic mythology who took Thor in his boat when that god went to kill the serpent; for which service he was flung by the ears into the sea. (See Giants.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Hyacinth
Hyades
Hybla
Hydra
Hyenas
Hygeia
Hyksos
Hylas
Hylech (in Astrology)
Hymen
Hymer
Hymettus
Hymn Tunes
Hymnus Eucharisticus
Hyperboreans
Hyperion
Hypermnestra
Hypnotism
Hypochondria
Hypocrisy
Hypocrite

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