Thraell

Thraell ("Thrall" or "Slave") was the son of Rig and Edda ("Great Grandmother").

The skin was wrinkled | and rough on his hands,
Knotted his knuckles, | . . . . .
Thick his fingers, | and ugly his face,
Twisted his back, | and big his heels.
(Rigsthula)

His wife was named Thir ("Serving-Woman"),
his sons called:
- Digraldi ("The Fat")
- Drott ("The Sluggard")
- Drumb ("The Log")
- Fjosnir ("Cattle-Man")
- Fulnir ("The Stinking")
- Hosvir ("The Grey")
- Hreim ("The Shouter")
- Kefsir ("Concubine-Keeper")
- Kleggi ("The Horse-Fly")
- Klur ("The Coarse")
- Leggjaldi ("The Big-Legged")
- Lut ("The Bent")
and his daughters named:
- Ambott ("The Servant")
- Arinnefla ("Homely Nosed")
- Drumba ("The Log")
- Eikintjasna ("The Oaken Peg" ?)
- Kumba ("The Stumpy")
- Ökkvinkalfa ("Fat-Legged")
- Totrughypja ("Clothed in Rags")
- Tronubeina ("Crane-Legged")
- Ysja ("The Noisy")

Poetic Edda: Rigsthula

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