Gjálp (Old Norse: [ˈɡjɑːlp]; or Gialp) and Greip (Old Norse: Greip) are two jötnar in Norse mythology, and the daughters of the jötunn Geirröðr. They are...
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Gjálp (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcaul̥p]) is a hyaloclastite ridge (tindar) in Iceland under the Vatnajökull glacier shield. Its present form resulted...
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Grímsvötn (section Gjálp 1996)
but no one was hurt. (See also the main article: 1996 eruption of Gjálp The Gjálp fissure vent eruption in 1996 revealed that an interaction may exist...
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(generally in the þulur). Adding to the confusion, Orchard points out, Gjálp and Greip are otherwise mentioned as jötunn maidens who seek to contravene...
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List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland (section Gjálp)
glacier Fagradalsfjall Festarfjall Fremrinámur Geirfuglasker Gjálp (subglacial eruption) Gjálp Floods Grensdalur Grímsey (Touching the Arctic Circle) Grímsnes...
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frequently causes large jökulhlaups from Vatnajökull. The 1996 eruption of Gjálp sent melt water southwards into Grímsvötn, that caused a jökulhlaup with...
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Billingr Bölþorn Brimir Dúrnir Eggþér Fárbauti Fjölvar Gangr Geirröd Gillingr Gjálp and Greip Gríðr Gunnlöð Gyllir Gymir Harðgreipr Helblindi Hljod Hræsvelgr...
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Vatnajökull is the very active Grímsvötn volcanic system. In the 1996 eruption of Gjálp which is usually assigned to the Grímsvötn volcanic system, studies are...
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stéttu of Gjalp dauða. Thou didst break the leg of Leikn, Didst bruise Thrívaldi, Didst cause to stoop Starkadr, Didst stand on lifeless Gjálp. You broke...
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Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 394-395. ISBN 0-89577-087-3. "The Gjálp eruption in Vatnajökull". Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland...
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poetry in which "wolf" is described by the kennings "Leikn's horse", "Gjálp's horse", "Gríðr's horse", while a group of wolves is referred to as "Gríðr's...
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form a 7 km long and 300 m high hyaloclastite ridge under 750 m of ice at Gjalp fissure vent of Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland. Meltwater flowed along a narrow...
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Andudr Angeyja Contested None attested Sisters: Atla, Eistla, Eyrgjafa, Gjálp, Greip, Imðr, Járnsaxa, Ulfrún Son: Heimdallr Gylfaginning, Heimdalargaldr...
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The force of the river threatened to sweep Thor away. Geirrod's daughter, Gjalp, tried to drown them by urinating in the river and causing it to rapidly...
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Magnus and his friends kick the pillars of his house down while he is drunk. Gjalp and Greip – Geirrod's two mountain giantess daughters. They are killed by...
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Þorgerðr Þrúðr Vár Vör Jötnar Angrboða (Angrboda, Iárnvidia) Aurboða Bestla Gjálp Greip Hel Járnsaxa Jörð (Fjörgyn, Hlóðyn, Iord, Jarð, Jord, Jorth) Laufey...
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Norse god Thor saves himself from a rapid river created by the giantess Gjálp by grabbing hold of a rowan, which became known as "Thor's protection"....
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Ridge, extends eastward from Hamarinn under the ice to where in 1996 the Gjálp volcanic fissure erupted between Bárðarbunga and Grímsvötn and produced...
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Geirröd) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is the father of the gýgjar Gjálp and Greip, who are killed by the thunder-god Thor. Geirröðr is mentioned...
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can develop further into an ice canyon, as was the case during the 1996 Gjálp eruption. It can continue to exist after the meltwater has left the eruption...
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borrowed belt of strength and rod to avoid being washed away. Thor spies Gjálp, one of Geirrödr's daughters, at the source causing the torrent (possibly...
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remained intact until 1996, when significant meltwater production from the Gjálp eruption resulted in uplift of Grímsvötn's ice dam. The Mýrdalsjökull ice...
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subglacial eruptions. The eruption in the whole was probably similar to the Gjálp eruption within the Grímsvötn Volcanic System in 1996. Especially in two...
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Underwater volcano Tuya Tindar (landform) Subglacial caldera 1996 eruption of Gjálp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Subglacial volcanoes. Volcanoes of...
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cause to stoop Starkadr, Didst bruise Thrívaldi, Didst stand on lifeless Gjálp. —Skáldskaparmál (11), Brodeur's translation According to Bo Almqvist (Norrön...
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approximately 240 kilometer depth in directions N,SW and W,SW before the 1996 Gjalp Eruption in Vatnajökull Icefield. This was the largest eruption in Iceland...
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north–west of the Hágöngur central volcano.: 19 After the 1996 eruption of Gjálp well to the west, it was discovered that fault movements had taken place...
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