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Note to Þdís Þórr 2III

[8] Svívǫr: Nothing is known of this giantess; Þul Trollkvenna 3/7 mentions a Sívǫr. LP: Sívǫr suggests this name means ‘always cautious’; not very plausible, as most giantess-names seem to be pejorative. Simek (1993, 308) proposes ‘shame-mouth’ for Svívǫr, with the second element from vǫrr ‘lip’. For other possible etymologies, see Note to Þul Trollkvenna 3/7.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. 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.
  3. Simek, Rudolf. 1993. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Trans. Angela Hall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer.
  4. Internal references
  5. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Trollkvenna heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 727.

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