[5] Íviðja: This is an obscure word or a pers. n., presumably formed from the prefix í- ‘in’ and viðr m. ‘wood’, and it might denote a troll-woman dwelling in a forest or a tree (cf. Motz 1981, 501), but that cannot be ascertained. The heiti is also found in Hyndl 48/2 and in Vsp 2/6 (NK 1).
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Motz, Lotte. 1981. ‘Giantesses and Their Names’. FS 15, 495-511.
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