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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 3III/5 — mǫrn ‘giantess’

Hrímgerðr, Hæra,         Herkja, fála,
Imð, Járnsaxa,         Íma, Fjǫlvǫr,
mǫrn, Íviðja,         Ámgerðr, Simul,
Sívǫr, Skríkja,         Sveipinfalda.

Hrímgerðr, Hæra, Herkja, fála, Imð, Járnsaxa, Íma, Fjǫlvǫr, mǫrn, Íviðja, Ámgerðr, Simul, Sívǫr, Skríkja, Sveipinfalda.

Hrímgerðr, Hæra, Herkja, troll-woman, Imð, Járnsaxa, Íma, Fjǫlvǫr, giantess, Íviðja, Ámgerðr, Simul, Sívǫr, Skríkja, Sveipinfalda.

readings

[5] mǫrn: so A, B, njǫrn R, , ‘Morun’ C

notes

[5] mǫrn ‘troll-woman’: So A, B. This is probably a common noun, a term for ‘troll-woman’, perhaps derived from mara f. ‘nightmare, ogress’ (AEW: Mǫrn). See also the discussion of this word in Note to Anon (Vǫlsa) 4/5I. Njǫrn, the R, variant, is otherwise recorded only in Þul Kvenna II 3/5, and it is probably a scribal error here. See also Þjóð Haustl 6/4 and 12/8.

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