[4] nykra ‘of the water-monsters’’: The word nykr can mean both ‘water-monster’ and ‘hippopotamus’. Cf. the poetic peculiarity nykrat ‘monstrosity’ (SnE 1999, 7).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1999 = Snorri Sturluson. 1999. Edda: Háttatal. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. Rpt. with addenda and corrigenda. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.