Note to Þjóð Yt 23I
[3] Býleists ‘of Býleistr <mythological being>’: Because the reading ‘byleistiz’ of the Kringla transcripts is metrically unacceptable, the reading of F, which corresponds to most other attested forms of the name, is chosen. Býleistr is recorded only within periphrases referring to Loki as his brother, as in Vsp 51/8, Hyndl 40/8 and Grett Ævkv I 2/5V, and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 26) and Skm (SnE 1998, I, 19). Neither the form of the name nor its origin has been clarified fully, since the ms. spellings in the Poetic Edda and SnE point to either Býleistr or Býleiptr; see Wadstein (1895a, 77-8) and Hkr 1893-1901, IV for discussion of which of the two forms is the original. Etymological derivations of the word are assembled in S-G I, 66.
References
- Bibliography
- Hkr 1893-1901 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1893-1901. Heimskringla: Nóregs konunga sǫgur af Snorri Sturluson. 4 vols. SUGNL 23. Copenhagen: Møller.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- S-G = Gering, Hugo. 1927-31. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Nach dem Tode des Verfassers herausgegeben von B. Sijmons. I: Götterlieder. II: Heldenlieder. Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.
- Wadstein, Elis. 1895a. ‘Bidrag till tolkning och belysning av skalde- ock Edda-dikter. I. Till tolkningen av Ynglingatal’. ANF 11, 64-92.
- Internal references
- Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 6 May 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 6 May 2024)
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- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 23 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Ævikviða I 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 688.
- Not published: do not cite ()