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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 3III/3 — Járnsaxa ‘Járnsaxa’

Hrímgerðr, Hæra,         Herkja, fála,
Imð, Járnsaxa,         Íma, Fjǫlvǫr,
mǫrn, Íviðja,         Ámgerðr, Simul,
Sívǫr, Skríkja,         Sveipinfalda.

Hrímgerðr, Hæra, Herkja, fála, Imð, Járnsaxa, Íma, Fjǫlvǫr, mǫrn, Íviðja, Ámgerðr, Simul, Sívǫr, Skríkja, Sveipinfalda.

Hrímgerðr, Hæra, Herkja, troll-woman, Imð, Járnsaxa, Íma, Fjǫlvǫr, giantess, Íviðja, Ámgerðr, Simul, Sívǫr, Skríkja, Sveipinfalda.

readings

[3] Járnsaxa: ‘jarnsax[…]’ B, ‘j́arnsaxa’ 744ˣ

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[3] Járnsaxa: Possibly ‘one armed with an iron-sword’, from járn n. ‘iron’ and sax n. ‘short sword’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 306). This is the name of one of Heimdallr’s mothers (Hyndl 37/8; see Note to Imð above), but according to Snorri (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 22, 30), Járnsaxa is also the name of another troll-woman, the mother of Þórr’s son Magni. The name is attested in kennings (LP: járnsaxa).

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