[1] þembiþrjóti ‘the swollen stubborn fellow’: Most eds agree that this must refer to Sveinn Ásleifarson, Sigmundr’s step-father. Though the first element is not otherwise recorded, it appears to be related to the adj. þambr ‘swollen’ (LP; AEW). Finnbogi Guðmundsson (ÍF 34, 232) suggests that Sveinn had a beer-belly.