Note to Þul Øxar 1^III

[6] gýgr (f.) ‘ogress’: This heiti occurs as a base-word in kennings for ‘axe’ (see Note to [All] above), but it is never found in skaldic verse as a term for ‘axe’, although Gýgr (Rimmugýgr) is the name of Skarpheðinn’s axe in Nj (chs 92, 120, 145-6, ÍF 12, 233, 304, 403). Hence it cannot be excluded that it is a proper name in the present þula as well.

References

Bibliography
ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
Internal references
2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ 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, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 7 May 2024)

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