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Þul Trollkvenna 3III/7 — Sívǫr ‘Sívǫr’

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

[7] Sívǫr: ‘síva’ B

notes

[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.

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