Snót, brúðr, svanni, svarri, sprakki,
fljóð, sprund, kona, feima, ekkja,
rýgr, víf ok drós, ristill, sæta,
man, svarkr ok hæll, mær ok kerling.
Snót, brúðr, svanni, svarri, sprakki, fljóð, sprund, kona, feima, ekkja, rýgr, víf ok drós, ristill, sæta, man, svarkr ok hæll, mær ok kerling.
Snót, bride, lady, haughty woman, lively one, matron, dame, woman, lass, widow, mighty woman, wife and girl, gentlewoman, grass-widow, maid, proud woman and widow, maiden and old woman.
[5] rýgr (m.) ‘mighty woman’: Perhaps lit. ‘shouting one’ (see AEW: rýgr). Just like the following terms, víf ‘wife’ and drós ‘girl’, this is a poetic word for ‘mighty woman’. Cf. Skm (SnE 1998, I, 107): Rýgr heitir sú kona er ríkust er ‘That woman who is the most powerful is called rýgr’. See also Þul Trollkvenna 5/7.