[5] Gnepja: This heiti is the name of a troll-woman, and the word is attested only in the þulur. See Note to Þul Trollkvenna 2/3. The A, B variants ‘gnæfia’ and ‘gnefia’ (the latter is also the form found in the LaufE mss) are also possible (derived from the weak verb gnæva ‘rise up, tower’ or from the adj. gnæfr ‘towering’).
References
- 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.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 27 May 2024)