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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon (Hálf) 3VIII (Hálf 13)

[All]: It is unclear to whom this stanza is addressed. While l. 1 speaks of Hreiðarr in the 3rd pers. and l. 2 addresses Hreiðarr’s enemies, who killed his son Heri, in the 2nd pers. pl., ll. 3-8 seem to be directed to Hreiðarr himself. These apparent inconsistencies explain the emendations from minntiz ‘[he] remembered’ (l. 1) and fellduð ‘you (pl.) slew’ (l. 2) by some eds in ll. 1-2 (cf. Hálf 1981, 116-17 for further detail).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Hálf 1981 = Seelow, Hubert, ed. 1981. Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka. RSÁM 20. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar.

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