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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 1III

[8] Grottintanna: A hap. leg. The m. noun grottintanni is a pejorative man’s name in the rímur (see ÍO: Grottintanna). The name may mean ‘one with rotten teeth’ (cf. ModIcel. grotna niðr ‘rot away’; so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304). Motz (1981, 502) connects the first element of the cpd with the mythical mill Grotti. For grottintanna ‘gap-toothed’, another suggested meaning, see AEW: Grottintanna.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  4. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
  5. Motz, Lotte. 1981. ‘Giantesses and Their Names’. FS 15, 495-511.

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