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Þul Trollkvenna 1III/8 — Grottintanna ‘Grottintanna’

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

[8] Grottintanna: ‘gro[…]n[…]a’ B, grottintanna 744ˣ

notes

[8] Grottintanna: A hap. leg. The m. noun grottintanni is a pejorative man’s name in the rímur (see ÍO: Grottintanna). The name may mean ‘one with rotten teeth’ (cf. ModIcel. grotna niðr ‘rot away’; so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304). Motz (1981, 502) connects the first element of the cpd with the mythical mill Grotti. For grottintanna ‘gap-toothed’, another suggested meaning, see AEW: Grottintanna.

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