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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 2III

[1] Gjalp: Lit. ‘yelper’ (cf. the weak verb gjálpa ‘yelp’; CVC: Gjálp). This troll-woman, daughter of Geirrøðr and sister of Greip, was killed by Þórr (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 25). The name also occurs in the variant form Gjǫlp (so R, ; cf. Vetrl Lv 1/4 and Vilhjálms saga sjóðs, Loth 1962-5, IV, 67), and it is used in skaldic kennings (LP: Gjǫlp). Gjálp is one of the god Heimdallr’s nine mothers (cf. Hyndl 37/1).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
  3. CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
  4. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  5. Loth, Agnete, ed. 1962-5. Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. 5 vols. EA B 20-4. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
  6. Internal references
  7. (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 18 April 2024)
  8. Not published: do not cite ()
  9. R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Vetrliði Sumarliðason, Lausavísa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 425.
  10. Not published: do not cite ()

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