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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Sól 66VII

[5] kýmiliga ‘amusingly’: Bugge, Skj B, Falk, Björn M. Ólsen, Skald and Fidjestøl all emend to kynliga ‘strangely’, occurring in 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ and one other ms., but 166bˣ’s reading is overwhelmingly attested across the tradition. Njörður Njarðvik (1991, 94), adopting kýmiliga, cites a striking parallel in the Visio Thurkilli where a proud man is made to parade in a theatre for the amusement of devils; while he is strutting his clothes suddenly catch fire (Schmidt 1978, 20-1).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. Schmidt, Paul Gerhard, ed. 1978. Visio Thurkilli, relatore, ut videtur, Radulpho de Coggeshall. Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. Leipzig: Teubner.

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