[4] hǫlðar ‘freeholders’: The repetition of the heiti hǫlðar, which was already mentioned in l. 2, is probably caused by dittography. Kock (NN §2160) suggests that the correct word in this context could have been aldir ‘men, people’ (pl. of ǫld ‘age, population’; see st. 3/1).
References
- Bibliography
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.