Note to Þul Valkyrja 2III
[5] Randgríðr: The reading in ms. A ‘tanngniðr’ (lit. ‘teeth-din’(?)) is probably not correct, and an intial r- is needed for alliteration. The form may be a corruption of Ranngríð(r) ‘house-Gríðr’ or Randgríð(r) ‘shield-Gríðr’, and the latter has been adopted in Skj B and Skald and in the present edn. Cf. the battle-heiti Randgríðr in Þul Orrostu 1/6 (see SnE 1998, II, 373). This valkyrie-name is known from Grí 36/7 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 30). See also Randgnið (st. 1/8), Ráðgnið (l. 1 above) and the valkyrie-name Sanngríðr ‘true-Gríðr’ in Anon Darr 3/3V (Nj 55).
References
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