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=== Other texts === In ''[[Völuspá hin skamma]]'' <small>(37)</small>, Gjálp and Greip are listed among the [[Nine Mothers of Heimdallr]].'''{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=|pp=144, 149}}''' Gjálp is also mentioned in the [[Nafnaþulur|þulur]] and in [[Kenning|kennings]] of [[Skald|skaldic]] poetry.'''{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=144}}''' Greip on her side is not mentioned in ''[[Nafnaþulur]]'' and found only once in the skaldic kenning.'''{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=149}}''' In ''[[Haustlöng]]'', [[Þjazi]] is called "the son of the suitor of Greip". Greip may be used there as a generic {{lang|non|gýgr}} name and the [[kenning]] may mean simply "{{lang|non|jötunn}}".{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} In a [[lausavísa]] composed by [[Vetrliði Sumarliðason]] and quoted in Skáldskaparmál, Gjálp is mentioned as being killed by Thor.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} {| | :''Leggi brauzt þú Leiknar,'' :''*lamðir Þrívalda,'' :''steypðir *Starkeði,'' :''stóttu of Gjálp dauða.''{{spaced ndash}} Faulkes' edition | :Thou didst break the leg of Leikn, :Didst cause to stoop [[Starkad]]r, :Didst bruise [[Þrívaldi|Thrívaldi]], :Didst stand on lifeless Gjálp.{{spaced ndash}} Brodeur's translation | |}
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