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Note to Hregg Lv 2VIII (GHr 2)

[2] Gríms ‘of Grímr’: According to ch. 2 of GHr (FSGJ 3, 166-7), Grímr, nicknamed ægir, was Eiríkr the viking’s closest confidant. The saga narrator associates his nickname with that of the mythical Ægir, a sea-god or giant. Grímr was the foster-brother of Þórðr (see Note to l. 3) a completely evil figure, of unknown parentage, the practitioner of sorcery, shape-shifting and malicious deeds.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  3. Internal references
  4. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Gǫngu-Hrólfs saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 298. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=89> (accessed 23 April 2024)

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