Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Trollkvenna heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 724.
Skal ek trollkvenna telja heiti:
Gríðr ok Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja,
Glumra, Geitla, Gríma ok Bakrauf,
Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna.
Ek skal telja heiti trollkvenna: Gríðr ok Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja, Glumra, Geitla, Gríma ok Bakrauf, Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna.
‘I shall enumerate the names of troll-women: Gríðr and Gnissa, Grýla, Brýja, Glumra, Geitla, Gríma and Bakrauf, Guma, Gestilja, Grottintanna. ’
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Skal ec travllqvenna telia heiti . Griðr . ok gnissa . gryla . bryia . glvmra . geit | la . grima . ok bakravf . gvma . gestilia . grottintaɴa.
(VEÞ)
Skal ek trollkvenna
inna heiti ok framtelja :
†Gryðr† Gnissa,
Grýla, Brýja,
Glumra, Geitla,
Gríma Bakrauf,
ginna, Gestilja,
Grottintanna.
Skal ek trollkvenna
telja heiti:
Gríðr ok grísla,
grýla ok, brynja,
Glumra, Geitla,
Gríma ok Bakrauf,
Guma, Gestilja,
Grottintanna.
Skal æk trø̨llkvænna tælia hæiti griðr ok gnissa gryla bryia | glvmra gæitla grima ok bakrꜹ́f gvma gæstilia grottintanna .
(VEÞ)
†[…]kal […]k trollkuenn[…]†
†telía hei[…]† :
†g[…]r† ok Gnissa,
†[…]ry[…]a†, brýla,
Glumra, Geitla,
Gríma ok †b[…]ro᷎f†,
†g[…]ma†, †g[…]stilia†,
†gro[…]n[…]a†.
[...]kal [...]k trollkuenn[...,] telía hei[...] g[...]r ok gnissa [...]ry[...]a bry᷎la glumra . Tro᷎llquenna heiti | geítla grima ok b[...]ro᷎f g[...]ma . g[...]stilia gro[...]n[...]a .
(VEÞ)
†Skal ek troll kuenna†
†telía heítí† :
†griðr† ok Gnissa,
grýla, Brýja,
Glumra, Geitla,
Gríma ok †bakro᷎f†,
guma, †gestilía†,
grottintanna.
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