^The use of grimmR and the later form grim in the sense "lord" has only a few occurrences from Sweden. In extant Icelandic material grimmr only appears as an adjective with the meaning "heartless", "strict" and "wicked", which can be compared with the use of adjective gramr ("wrath") as a name for "lord", see Runic Dictionary Entry for grimmR Archived 24 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine at the runic dictionary of the university of Nottingham.
^ a bTownend, Matthew (2 July 2012). "Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa 1". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. 1: 1076. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via skaldic.org.
^Simek (2007:36).
^Simek (2007:32).
^Simek (2007:37).
^Simek (2007:38).
^Simek (2007:46).
^Simek (2007:40).
^Simek (2007:43).
^Finnur Jónsson (1926–28). Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne bósarimur, pp. 51–51. København: J. Jørgensen & Co.
^ a bBlumetti, Robert. (2019). The Norse Gods and Their Myths, p. 130
^The meaning is disputed according to Lindow but Larrington gives the translation "Sage" in the Poetic Edda.
^inferred from Ítreksjóð "offspring of Ítrekr" in a some recencions of the Eddaic þulur. See
Hannah Burrows in Chase (ed.), Eddic, Skaldic, and Beyond: Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway, Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 122 Archived 4 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
^ed. Þórhallur Vilmundarson/Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, Íslenzk fornrit 13, Reykjavík 1991, p. 163
^ed. Guðni Jónsson, Fornaldar sǫgur Norðurlanda 2, Reykjavík 1954, pp. 279ff.
^"Sidhofr" in other manuscripts.
^In plural, sigtívar refers to the gods in many Eddic poems.
^Also the name of a serpent found in the wellspring of Hvergelmir.
^Mallory, James P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. London: Routledge. p. 527. ISBN 978-1-884964-98-5