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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 2III

[7] Þrúðgelmir: According to Vafþr 29, the only Old Norse source where this name is mentioned, this was the son of the primeval giant Ymir. The name means ‘strong noise-maker’. The first element is derived from þrúðr f. ‘strength’ (also the name of Þórr’s daughter), and ‑gelmir ‘noise-maker’ (cf. ModSwed. dialects galma ‘scream’; AEW: galmr) is the second element in the names of three generations of giants, Aurgelmir (st. 5/5), Þrúðgelmir and Bergelmir (st. 6/3), grandfather, father and son.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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