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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 2III

[8] Hǫlgabrúðr: Lit. ‘bride of Hǫlgi’. The nickname of Þorgerðr, daughter of the mythical king Hǫlgi from Hålogaland, Norway. That name is also found with the variants Hǫlda-, Hǫrga- or Hǫrða-, and the second element is sometimes replaced by -troll. Þorgerðr was a heathen goddess or troll-woman worshipped by Hákon jarl of Hlaðir (see Jómsvíkinga saga chs 32-4, Jvs 1962, 36-9, 51-2 and Note to Bjbp Jóms 32/2I).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Jvs 1962 = Blake, N. F., ed. and trans. 1962. The Saga of the Jomsvikings. London etc.: Nelson.
  3. Internal references
  4. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Jómsvíkinga saga’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=51> (accessed 24 April 2024)
  5. Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 32’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 987.

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