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.
[7] Sívǫr: ‘síva’ B
[7] Sívǫr: Lit. ‘one who is always cautious’. Attested in this form only in the present stanza, but cf. Svívǫr, a troll-woman killed by Þórr (Þdís Þórr 2/8; see Note there). The second element ‑vǫr occurs in a number of names for troll-women, e.g. Fjǫlvǫr (l. 4 above), Leirvǫr (st. 5/1) and Skjaldvǫr in Þorsteins þáttr uxafóts (Flat 1860-8, I, 257-60). According to Motz (1981, 504; 1984, 185), ‑vǫr probably means ‘guardian’ in all these names.