tries to woo Gerd for Freyr as related in Skírnismál.]] See Gastroesophageal reflux disease for the disease abbreviated as GERD. Gerd, Gerður, Gärd, Gerdhr, Gerda or Gerdur (Old Norse Gerðr) is a Jotun-giantess in Norse Mythology most well known as the wife of the Norse god Freyr. She is the most beautiful of all creatures and may have been a personification of soil fertility and sex. Her brilliant, naked arms illuminated air and sea. Gerd is daughter of Gymir and Aurboða. She also has a brother named Beli who is leader of the Barking Giants. Gerd is included among the Ásynjur in Snorri Sturluson's Edda. According to the Ynglinga saga she was the mother of Freyr's son Fjölnir who succeeded Freyr as ruler of Sweden. In the Skáldskaparmál Gerd is named along with Jörd, Rind, and

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