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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Orrostu 1III

[4] Geirþriful (f.): A hap. leg. This is most likely also the name of a valkyrie. The second element of the cpd is perhaps derived from the strong verb þrífa ‘grasp’ (hence lit. ‘one grasping a spear’). However, it is also possible that ‑þriful is a corrupt form of ‑driful (cf. Geirdriful in Þul Valkyrja 2/4).

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  2. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Heiti valkyrja 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 970.

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