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Note to Þul Jǫtna II 2III

[5] Gripnir: Most likely from the strong verb grípa ‘grasp, grip’, and hence ‘capturer, robber’ (LP: Gripnir). The name is given only in A and 744ˣ (B); the line is defective in the other mss. A giant of this name is not known from other sources, but Gripnir is a sea-king in Þhorn Gldr 1/5I.

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. Internal references
  4. Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Glymdrápa 1’ 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. 75.

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