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[2] Herkja: Lit. ‘tumultuous one’. This is the f. form of the giant-name Herkir (see Þul Jǫtna I 2/3), and the heiti is used in kennings (LP: Herkja 1). Herkja is also the name of Atli’s concubine in GuðrIII 2/4, 11/3.