[2] þjóst ‘the tumult’: Þjóstr is normally m. LP suggests a unique n. form here, while Kock (NN §3110) prefers to keep it as m., either in the acc. or as an endingless dat., in either case giving an impersonal construction. The meaning is clear regardless of the grammar: Rǫgnvaldr is urging his men to behave respectfully as they approach the holy places.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.