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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 2III/3 — Gnepja ‘Gnepja’

Gjalp, Hyrrokkin,         Hengikepta,
Gneip ok Gnepja,         Geysa, hála,
Hǫrn ok Hrúga,         Harðgreip, Forað,
Hrygða, Hveðra         ok Hǫlgabrúðr.

Gjalp, Hyrrokkin, Hengikepta, Gneip ok Gnepja, Geysa, hála, Hǫrn ok Hrúga, Harðgreip, Forað, Hrygða, Hveðra ok Hǫlgabrúðr.

Gjálp, Hyrrokkin, Hengikepta, Gneip and Gnepja, Geysa, ogress, Hǫrn and Hrúga, Harðgreip, Forað, Hrygða, Hveðra and Hǫlgabrúðr.

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[3] Gnepja: This name probably has the same meaning as the preceding heiti (cf. the weak verb gnapa ‘jut out, stoop forward’; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 305). Gnepja is a heiti for ‘axe’ (Þul Øxar l. 5), but as a name for a troll-woman and as a heiti for ‘axe’ it does not occur elsewhere. Sǫgubrot af fornkonungum (ÍF 35, 61, 68) mentions Gnepja kappi ‘Champion’ and Gnepi inn gamli ‘the Old’, two of the champions of  King Haraldr hilditǫnn ‘War-tooth’ at the battle of Brávellir.

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