Gjalp, Hyrrokkin, Hengikepta,
Gneip ok Gnepja, Geysa, hála,
Hǫrn ok Hrúga, Harðgreip, Forað,
Hrygða, Hveðra ok Hǫlgabrúðr.
Gjalp, Hyrrokkin, Hengikepta, Gneip ok Gnepja, Geysa, hála, Hǫrn ok Hrúga, Harðgreip, Forað, Hrygða, Hveðra ok Hǫlgabrúðr.
Gjálp, Hyrrokkin, Hengikepta, Gneip and Gnepja, Geysa, ogress, Hǫrn and Hrúga, Harðgreip, Forað, Hrygða, Hveðra and Hǫlgabrúðr.
[7] Hrygða: ‘hrydga’ Tˣ, hryða A, ‘hrydía’ B
[7] Hrygða: A hap. leg., or Hryggða (LP: Hryggða; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 306). The form is not clear; cf. the ms. variants ‘hrydga’ Tˣ, hryða A and ‘hrydía’ B. The latter, normalised hryðja (so Skj B and Skald), is derived from hryðja f. ‘rough weather, tempest’ (ÍO: hryðja 3). Hryg(g)ða may be connected with the adj. hryggr ‘grieved, distressed’, hryggð f. ‘grief, sorrow’ (hence ‘one who brings sorrow or fear’; so Motz 1981, 504) or with the weak verb hrygla ‘wheeze’ (so ÍO: hrygða).