The Poetic Edda on Thraell

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• attestation: Dark hair among blond Scandinavians marked a foreigner and hence a slave

  "Black: dark hair, among the blond Scandinavians, was the mark of a foreigner, hence of a slave"

• attestation: Thraell means 'Thrall' or 'Slave'

  "Thræll: Thrall or Slave"

• attestation: The twelve sons of Thraell have names meaning Cattle-Man, The Coarse, The Shouter, The Horse-Fly, Concubine-Keeper, The Stinking, The Log, The Fat, The Sluggard, The Big-Legged, The Bent, and The Grey

  "The names mean: Fjosnir, "Cattle-Man"; Klur, "The Coarse"; Hreim, "The Shouter"; Kleggi, "The Horse-Fly"; Kefsir, "Concubine-Keeper"; Fulnir, "The Stinking"; Drumb, "The Log"; Digraldi, "The Fat"; Drott, "The Sluggard"; Leggjaldi, "The Big-Legged"; Lut, "The Bent"; Hosvir, "The Grey.""

• attestation: The daughters of Thraell bear names meaning The Log, The Stumpy, Fat-Legged, Homely-Nosed, The Noisy, The Servant, The Oaken Peg, Clothed in Rags, and Crane-Legged

  "The names mean: Drumba, "The Log"; Kumba, "The Stumpy"; Ökkvinkalfa, "Fat-Legged"; Arinnefja, "Homely-Nosed"; Ysja, "The Noisy"; Ambott, "The Servant"; Eikintjasna, "The Oaken Peg" (?); Totrughypja, "Clothed in Rags"; Tronubeina, "Crane-Legged.""