Leggi brauzt Leiknar; lamðir Þrívalda;
steypðir Starkeði; stétt of Gjalp dauða.
Brauzt leggi Leiknar; lamðir Þrívalda; steypðir Starkeði; stétt of dauða Gjalp.
You broke the bones of Leikn; you thrashed Þrívaldi; you overthrew Starkaðr; you stepped over the dead Gjálp.
[4] Gjalp ‘Gjálp’: This is the daughter of Geirrøðr (a giant), killed by Þórr, as narrated in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 25). See also Þul Trollkvenna 2/1 and Note there. The name is attested in two variant forms, Gjalp and Gjǫlp. In the latter, ǫ was lengthened to ô and subsequently merged with á (cf. sjǫlf > sjálf ‘self’; a in Gjalp was lengthened as well). Since none of the ms. spellings indicates <ǫ> here, the form Gjalp is preferable.