Note to Arn Magndr 16II
[2] arflógandi ‘wealth-squandering’: The pres. part. lógandi ‘destroying, squandering’ demands a suitable object. (a) The FskBˣ reading arf-, from arfr ‘inheritance, hereditary treasure’ is confirmed in 51ˣ and is the best candidate, giving the sense ‘squandering his inherited treasure (by giving it lavishly)’, cf. the kenning hoddlógendr ‘squanderers of the treasure-hoard’ (HaukrV Ísldr 2/4IV). Arflógandi could either be an adjectival pres. part., as assumed here, or a kenning, standing in apposition to yngvi ‘sovereign’ (l. 1). (b) Ítrlógandi ‘splendidly squandering/destroying’ in H-Hr would not make sense in the absence of an explicit object such as ‘treasure’, and it may be a corruption due to the influence of the similar Arn Hardr 10/1-2. (c) The reading of Flat, ‘tyr log’, is clearly corrupt. (d) Emendation, to auð(lógandi) ‘wealth(-destroying)’ as in Skj B and LP or to ýs ‘of the yew(-bow)’ in Skald and NN §2520 is not necessary.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- 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.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hulda-Hrokkinskinna’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=84> (accessed 1 May 2024)
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 271.
- Not published: do not cite (HaukrV Ísldr 2IV)