 He is slain by Thor's hammer Mjölnir.The Old Norse name Hrungnir has been translated as 'brawler', or as 'big person, strong man', 'noise-maker'.In "Skáldskaparmál" (The Language of Poetry), written in the 13th by Snorri Sturluson, the god Odin is portrayed as riding his horse Sleipnir into Jötunheim when he meets the jötunn Hrungnir, mounted on his horse Gullfaxi (Gold-mane).