[3] reiðr ‘angry’: In Styrb, Þórr does not intervene in favour of Styrbjǫrn in the ensuing battle, and Eiríkr, empowered by Óðinn, is victorious. Kock (NN §2459; Skald) emends to rýrr ‘short, inferior’ to supply hending for the line, and argues that such a sense fits the manner in which Styrbjǫrn treats Þórr as his subordinate.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=5> (accessed 6 May 2024)