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[5] Skrǫggr: A son of Grýla and a folklore monster giant or goblin famous from Icelandic nursery tales (cf. New Norw. skrogg ‘wolf’, ModSwed. dialects skragge ‘devil’; see ÍO: skröggur 1). The name does not occur in skaldic poetry.