Skolli, slapparðr ok Skaufhali,
skollr, melrakki, skaufi, Grýla;
enn es refr ok Skrǫggr, ǫldungr, dáinn,
laufafettir, fóa, brunnmigi.
Skolli, slapparðr ok Skaufhali, skollr, melrakki, skaufi, Grýla; enn es refr ok Skrǫggr, ǫldungr, dáinn, laufafettir, fóa, brunnmigi.
Skulker, weakling and Skaufhali, deceiver, arctic fox, tailed one, Grýla; further there is fox and Skrǫggr, elder, deceased one, leaf-pacer, fox, spring-pisser.
[4] Grýla: A folklore vixen, an ogre that kidnaps children (see Introduction). It is described as follows in Loptr LvIV: Hér ferr Grýla | í garð ofan | ok hefr á sér | hala fimtán ‘Here comes Grýla down to the yard, and it has fifteen tails’. For the meaning of this name, cf. MHG griuwel ‘fear’ (ÍO: grýla).