Meanings
- The Lay of Thrym; a poem of the Poetic Edda.
Reading Þrymskviða
2002, Margaret Clunies Ross, “Reading Þrymskviða”, main title (self-published)5 more examples
Do you dispute that there are plenty of Asatruar out there who can spout List at the drop of a rune, who couldn’t tell Þrymskviða from Vafþrúðnismál?
1998 June 11, “rorik”, alt.religion.asatru (Google group): Discarding The Eddas (was:Re: Asatru/Norse Paganism)Myth as therapy: the usefulness of Þrymskviða.
2000, John McKinnell, Myth as therapy: the usefulness of Þrymskviða., main title (self-published)The Eyrarland image: Þrymskviða, stanzas 30–31.
2001, Revere D. Perkins, The Eyrarland image: Þrymskviða, stanzas 30–31., main title (self-published)“Þegi þú, Þórr!”: Gender, Class, and Discourse in Þrymskviða
2002, Jón Karl Helgason, “Þegi þú, Þórr!”: Gender, Class, and Discourse in Þrymskviða, main title (self-published)Now, William, notice the word “gifta”. A marriage was planned but you know what happened. Freyja was still in Ásgarð. Þrymskviða tells another story, much funnier, but there too the marriage was never consumed.
2006 May 4, “Ceddie”, alt.religion.asatru (Google group): On Polyonomy
Origin
- Old NorseÞrymskviða
- Old NorseÞrymskviða
- EnglishÞrymskviða
Borrowed from Old Norse Þrymskviða.
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Þrymskviða. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%9Erymskvi%C3%B0a
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