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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Busla Busl 6VIII (Bós 6)

[8] í tröllhendr ‘into the hands of trolls’: In saga literature the etymologically uncertain ON trǫll (AEW: troll/trǫll) often signifies cave-dwelling, anthropomorphic creatures of abnormal size and ugliness who are equipped with magical abilities (cf. Schulz 2004, 45-6; Arnold 2005).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Schulz, Katja. 2004. Riesen: Von Wissenshütern und Wildnisbewohnern in Edda und Saga. Skandinavistische Arbeiten 20. Heidelberg: Winter.
  4. Arnold, Martin. 2005. ‘Hvat er tröll nema þat?: The Cultural History of the Troll’. In Shippey 2005a, 111-55.

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