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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 1III

[3] Gríðr: Lit. ‘eager one’ (cf. gríð f. ‘frantic eagerness’). Gríðr was the mother of Óðinn’s son Víðarr and the friend of Þórr. She lent the latter a girdle of strength and her staff Gríðarvǫlr when he was on his way to the giant Geirrøðr (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 24-5). A troll-woman Gríðr is also known from Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra (FSN III, 653-6, 658-9) and she appears in Allra flagða þula ‘The þula of all trolls’ in Vilhjálms saga sjóðs (Loth 1962-5, IV, 67). This is the only name in this stanza that is frequently used in poetry.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
  3. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Loth, Agnete, ed. 1962-5. Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. 5 vols. EA B 20-4. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
  5. Internal references
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 26 April 2024)
  7. Not published: do not cite ()
  8. Not published: do not cite ()

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