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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Jǫtna I 1III/8 — Hripstoðr ‘Hripstoðr’

Ek mun jǫtna         inna heiti:
Ymir, Gangr, Mímir,         Iði ok Þjazi,
Hrungnir, Hrímnir,         Hrauðnir, Grímnir,
Hveðrungr, Hafli,         Hripstoðr, Gymir.

Ek mun inna heiti jǫtna: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði ok Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.

I shall tell the names of giants: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði and Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.

readings

[8] Hripstoðr Gymir: hripstuðr gymir , gymir ok hripstorðr C, hripstúttr gymir A, 744ˣ, ‘hrip[…]t[…]r gymir’ B

notes

[8] Hripstoðr: Or possibly ‑stuttr ‘short’ (so A and 744ˣ, and adopted in Skj B and Skald). The meaning of the second element of this name, which is a hap. leg., is unclear. The first element is most likely hrip n. ‘box of laths’ or ‘basket to carry sth. in while on horseback’ (CVC: hrip). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 301) interprets the name Hripstuttr as den lille med hrip, i.e. ‘the short one with a box’.

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