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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Trollkvenna 4III

[5] Margerðr: This troll-woman name is otherwise known only from Hjálmþés saga (ch. 12, FSN III, 482, 484-5). Cf. other names with ‑gerðr as the second element (see sts 3/1, 6, 4/3). The first element is possibly either from marr m. ‘sea’ or from marr m. ‘horse’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 307), but cf. also mara f. ‘nightmare’ (see Motz 1981, 504).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
  3. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
  4. Motz, Lotte. 1981. ‘Giantesses and Their Names’. FS 15, 495-511.

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