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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 2III

[1] Hrøkkvir: A hap. leg. from the strong verb hrøkkva ‘drive back, beat, whip’; hence the meaning of this name is ‘one who beats’ or the like, although Motz (1984, 182) connects it with hrøkkva in the sense ‘wriggle like a snake’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Motz, Lotte. 1984. ‘Gods and Demons of the Wilderness: A Study in Norse Tradition’. ANF 99, 175-87.

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