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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 1III

[4] Grýla: As the name of a troll-woman, the word must be the same as grýla, a vixen that, according to popular belief, steals children (see Þul Grýlu l. 4 and Note there).

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  2. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Grýlu heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 965. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3244> (accessed 18 May 2024)

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