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Þul Trollkvenna 5III/5 — Vígglǫð ‘Vígglǫð’

Leirvǫr, Ljóta         ok Loðinfingra,
Kráka, Varðrún         ok Kjallandi,
Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð;         viljum nefna
Rýgi síðarst         ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta ok Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún ok Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; viljum nefna Rýgi síðarst ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta and Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún and Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; we [I] wish to name Rýgr last, and Rifingafla.

readings

[5] Vígglǫð: ‘viglǫð’ A, ‘vigglo᷎[…]’ B, ‘vigglo᷎d’ 744ˣ

notes

[5] Vígglǫð: The name means either ‘fight-glad one’ or ‘fight-bright one’. This troll-woman is not known from other sources, but vígglǫð ‘battle-bright one’ is a heiti for ‘axe’ (Þul Øxar l. 8) and the m. noun vígglaðr ‘battle-bright one’ a heiti for ‘shield’ (Þul Skjaldar 1/8). The A variant, Víglǫð, means ‘battle-invitation’ (from lǫð f. ‘invitation, bidding, hospitality’), but the other mss witnesses show that this is probably not the correct form of the word.

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