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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þjóð Yt 20I

[2] ífjǫrvan ‘alive’: This is the only instance of the adj. ífjǫrr. The prefix í- can convey an intensifying as well as a diminishing sense (Fritzner: í-). Here, however, í in its original sense ‘in’ is compounded with fjǫr ‘life’ to form the adj. í-fjǫrr ‘alive’, much as íendr ‘living, breathing’ (< *in-and-jaz) is a cpd of í- ‘in’ and ǫnd ‘breath’ (Fritzner: íendr).

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  2. 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.

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