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Poetic Edda

Smite the skull of Hymir,  heavy with food,For harder it is  than ever was glass."
32.[1] The goats' mighty ruler  then rose on his knee,And with all the strength  of a god he struck;Whole was the fellow's  helmet-stem,But shattered the wine-cup  rounded was.
  Hymir spake:33.[2] "Fair is the treasure  that from me is gone,Since now the cup  on my knees lies shattered;"So spake the giant:  "No more can I sayIn days to be,  'Thou art brewed, mine ale.'
34. "Enough shall it be  if out ye can bringForth from our house  the kettle here."Tyr then twice  to move it tried,But before him the kettle  twice stood fast.
35.[3] The father of Mothi  the rim seized firm,And before it stood  on the floor below;Up on his head  Sif's husband raised it,And about his heels  the handles clattered.

    in one of the so-called "mythical sagas" we find a giant actually named Hard-Skull.

  1. ↑ Helmet-stem: head.
  2. ↑ The manuscripts have no superscription. Line 4 in the manuscripts is somewhat obscure, and Bugge, followed by some editors, suggests a reading which may be rendered (beginning with the second half of line 3): "No more can I speak / Ever again  as I spoke of old."
  3. ↑ The father of Mothi and Sif's husband: Thor.

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