Note to Þul Jǫtna I 1III
[7] Hafli: In Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 1, 5, pp. 104-5), two giants, Uagnhofthus, Uagnophtus (i.e. Vagnhǫfði; see Þul Jǫtna II 1/10) and Haphlius (i.e. Hafli) are said to be protectors of the heroes Guthormr and Haddingr. See also Harthgrepa (i.e. Harðgreip), the daughter of Vagnhǫfði and the giantess foster-mother of Haddingr, whose name is mentioned in Þul Trollkvenna 2/6 (see Saxo 2005, I, 1, 6, 2-6, pp. 104-11). Hafli is probably the weak form of an unattested adj. *hafall ‘greedy’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 299). The name occurs in a kenning for Þórr (Grett Lv 21/4V (Gr 38)).
References
- Bibliography
- Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Trollkvenna heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 725.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti II 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. 719.
- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 38 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Lausavísur 21)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 726.