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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 1III/3 — Gríðr ‘Gríðr’

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.

readings

[3] Gríðr: ‘Gryðr’ , ‘g[…]r’ B, ‘griðr’ 744ˣ

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[3] Gríðr: Lit. ‘eager one’ (cf. gríð f. ‘frantic eagerness’). Gríðr was the mother of Óðinn’s son Víðarr and the friend of Þórr. She lent the latter a girdle of strength and her staff Gríðarvǫlr when he was on his way to the giant Geirrøðr (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 24-5). A troll-woman Gríðr is also known from Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra (FSN III, 653-6, 658-9) and she appears in Allra flagða þula ‘The þula of all trolls’ in Vilhjálms saga sjóðs (Loth 1962-5, IV, 67). This is the only name in this stanza that is frequently used in poetry.

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