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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 1III

[4] Brýja: A hap. leg. Perhaps derived from brý n. (?) ‘troll’, a word mentioned in ms. A(22r) (SnE 1848-87, II, 494). The meaning of both words is unclear. According to ÍO: brýja, they are probably related to ModIcel. brýja ‘rancid suet’; hence Brýja may be a scornful name meaning ‘greasy one’ or ‘stinking one’. The B variant reading brýla (cf. ModIcel. brýla ‘stink, fog’) is most likely connected with brýja, but brýla is not attested until C17th (ÍO: brýla).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.

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