Note to Anon (Ragn) 6VIII (Ragn 36)
[4] hváðarr okkar ‘each of us two’: Finnur Jónsson (1901, 82) notes, in addition to the present instance, two instances in skaldic poetry of hvaðarr, the original uncontracted form of hvárr ‘each of two’, from the C10th: Glúmr Gráf 12/8I and Korm 76/2V. He describes the present instance as a lærd efterligning ‘learned imitation’ of the earlier form (cf. Olsen, Ragn 1906-08, 220). In each of the two C10th instances the initial syllable of hvaðar(r) constitutes the second stressed element in the line and is thus not subject to resolution (see Poole 2005e, 271; Russom 2002, 314). In the present instance, as Finnur indicates in LP: hvaðarr, it is necessary to assume a long first syllable in order to ensure a metrical line of six syllables.
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1901. Det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog omtr. 800-1300. SUGNL 28. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Poole, Russell. 2005e. ‘Metre and Metrics’. In McTurk 2005, 265-84.
- Russom, Geoffrey. 2002. ‘A Bard’s Eye View of the Germanic Syllable’. JEGP 101, 305-28.
- Internal references
- Alison Finlay (ed.) 2012, ‘Glúmr Geirason, Gráfeldardrápa 12’ 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. 262.
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2022, ‘Kormáks saga 76 (Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Lausavísur 55)’ 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. 1164.
- Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Ragnars saga loðbrókar 19 (Sigurðr ormr í auga, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 663.