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Þul Jǫtna II 1III/9 — Harðgreipr ‘Harðgreipr’

Enn eru eptir         jǫtna heiti:
Eimgeitir, Verr,         Ímr, Hringvǫlnir,
Viddi, Víðgrípr,         Vandill, Gyllir,
Grímnir, Glaumarr,         Glámr, Sámendill,
Vǫrnir, Harðgreipr         ok Vagnhǫfði.

Enn eru eptir heiti jǫtna: Eimgeitir, Verr, Ímr, Hringvǫlnir, Viddi, Víðgrípr, Vandill, Gyllir, Grímnir, Glaumarr, Glámr, Sámendill, Vǫrnir, Harðgreipr ok Vagnhǫfði.

Still there are names of giants to come: Eimgeitir, Verr, Ímr, Hringvǫlnir, Viddi, Víðgrípr, Vandill, Gyllir, Grímnir, Glaumarr, Glámr, Sámendill, Vǫrnir, Harðgreipr and Vagnhǫfði.

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[9] Harðgreipr: Lit. ‘hard-grasping one’. As the name of a giant the cpd occurs only here, but inn harðgreipi ‘the Hard-gripper’ is a nickname in Anon Bjark 2/1. The f. form of this noun, Harðgreip, is the name of a troll-woman or giantess, the daughter of Vagnhǫfði (Þul Trollkvenna 2/6). Because Vagnhǫfði is mentioned in l. 10 below, Harðgreipr is most likely a masculine counterpart of that giantess.

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