[5] vilsinn vǫlu ‘delightful company of a prophetess [TROLL-WOMAN]’: The first word may possibly be from vílsinnr ‘difficult journey’ (cf. LP), but it is not clear how this could form the base-word of a troll-kenning.
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.