Þul Trollkvenna 5^III

Leirvǫr, Ljóta         ok Loðinfingra,
Kráka, Varðrún         ok Kjallandi,
Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð;         viljum nefna
Rýgi síðarst         ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta ok Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún ok Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; viljum nefna Rýgi síðarst ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta and Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún and Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; we [I] wish to name Rýgr last, and Rifingafla.

Mss: R(42r), Tˣ(44r), C(11v), A(17v), B(8r), 744ˣ(59v) (SnE)

Readings: [1] Leirvǫr: Leiðvǫr Tˣ, ‘[…]írvor’ B, ‘Leirvo᷎r’ 744ˣ    [2] ok: om. Tˣ    [3] Varðrún: varðrúm C, ‘[…]drun’ B, varðrún 744ˣ    [4] ok: om. Tˣ, ‘[…]’ B, ok 744ˣ    [5] Vígglǫð: ‘viglǫð’ A, ‘vigglo᷎[…]’ B, ‘vigglo᷎d’ 744ˣ;    Þurbǫrð: ‘þaurbaurð’ C    [7] Rýgi: ‘ryg[…]’ B, rýgi 744ˣ    [8] Rifingǫflu: rifingeflu Tˣ, ‘rivingeflv’ A, ‘[….]nngeflu’ B, ‘rifinngeflu’ 744ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 656, Skj BI, 660, Skald I, 324; SnE 1848-87, I, 553, II, 472, 555, 616, SnE 1931, 196, SnE 1998, I, 113.

Notes: [1] Leirvǫr: Possibly ‘one with muddy lips’, from leir n. ‘clay, earth, loam, mud’ and vǫrr f. ‘lip’ (so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304). Alternatively, it could be derived from the adj. vǫr f. ‘ware, aware, cautious’ (so Motz 1981, 504; cf. other names with ‑vǫr in the present þula). The name occurs only in EGils Selv 11/1^IV ljóta Leirvǫr ‘ugly Leirvǫr’ (cf. Ljóta, the next name in this list). Leiðvǫr in Tˣ must be a scribal error. — [1] Ljóta: Lit. ‘ugly one’. As a heiti for ‘troll-woman’, the name is not attested in other sources. — [2] Loðinfingra: Lit. ‘hairy-fingered one’, from the p. p. loðinn ‘shaggy’ and fingr m. ‘finger’. The cpd is not attested elsewhere. — [3] Kráka: Lit. ‘crow’. As the name of a troll-woman the word is not found elsewhere, but cf. meinkráka ‘evil crow’ referring to Loki in Lok 43/5 (NK 105 meinkráco). — [3] Varðrún: The meaning of this name is not clear. It may be one of the names connected with terms for magic wisdom, perhaps lit. ‘ward(watch)-mystery’ (so Motz 1981, 504; cf. such valkyrie-names as Sigrún and Ǫlrún). For the first element of this cpd, varð-, see AEW: varðlok(k)ur. The name occurs once in a wolf-kenning (Arn Hardr 12/8^II). — [4] Kjallandi: A troll-woman killed by Þórr (see Þdís Þórr 2/2). The meaning and etymology of the name are obscure (AEW: Kjallandi). — [5] Vígglǫð: The name means either ‘fight-glad one’ or ‘fight-bright one’. This troll-woman is not known from other sources, but vígglǫð ‘battle-bright one’ is a heiti for ‘axe’ (Þul Øxar l. 8) and the m. noun vígglaðr ‘battle-bright one’ a heiti for ‘shield’ (Þul Skjaldar 1/8). The A variant, Víglǫð, means ‘battle-invitation’ (from lǫð f. ‘invitation, bidding, hospitality’), but the other mss witnesses show that this is probably not the correct form of the word. — [5] Þurbǫrð: A hap. leg. Perhaps ‘one with dry cheeks’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304), from the adj. þurr ‘dry’ and barð n. ‘edge’. — [7] Rýgr: Most likely the same word as the common noun rýgr f. ‘mighty woman, matron’ (see Þul Kvenna I 1/5). A troll-woman of this name is not mentioned elsewhere in skaldic poetry, but in the rímur it occurs only as a heiti for ‘troll-woman’ (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: rýgr). — [8] Rifingafla: A hap. leg. Perhaps ‘one with a torn back’ (from the strong verb rífa ‘rip, tear’ and gafl m. ‘gable’). Cf. Bakrauf (st. 1/6).

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
5. Finnur Jónsson. 1926-8. Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne Rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne Bósarímur. SUGNL 51. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
6. NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
7. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
8. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
9. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
10. Motz, Lotte. 1981. ‘Giantesses and Their Names’. FS 15, 495-511.
11. Internal references
12. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Kvenna heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 772.
13. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skjaldar heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 823.
14. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 12’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 273-4.
15. Not published: do not cite (EGils Selv 11^IV)
16. Not published: do not cite ()
17. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Øxar heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 813. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3195> (accessed 2 May 2024)
18. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Þorbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 471.