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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Hhárf Lv 1I

[1] mjǫk ‘far’: Mjǫk ‘much, far, greatly’ is here taken as an intensifier with til in l. 2. This is unparalleled, but it may be that mjǫk til is here equivalent to mikilsti ‘too much’ (ModIcel. mikils til of), a possibility suggested by Konráð Gíslason (1892, 47). Mjǫk is taken in the sense ‘in a large number/group’ in Skj B, following Konráð, but this is dubitable; and although the word could be construed as ‘almost’ with komnir in l. 3 (cf. Fritzner: mjǫk 2) this would not make sense in context.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
  4. Konráð Gíslason, ed. 1892a. Udvalg af oldnordiske skjaldekvad, med anmærkninger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.

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