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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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3. Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði, 20 [Vol. 3, 1234]

[3] mansǫng ‘a love-song’: As a neutral designation, the word occurs in skaldic verse only here and in Bjbp Jóms 42/4I. Gylf  (SnE 2005, 25) reports that Freyja was fond of mansǫngr, and in Egils saga (Eg ch. 56, ÍF 2, 149) a character refers to a lausavísa as a mansǫngr. The final medieval prose instance – Tristrams saga ok Ísǫndar (Kölbing 1878-82, 83) – associates mansǫngvar with love longing and music, as does the later mansǫngur or opening ‘love-complaint’ of rímur poetry. See Marold (2007, 256-7).

references

ÍF 2 = Sigurður Nordal ed.… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluso… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Marold, Edith. 2007. Mansǫngr – A Phanto… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Kölbing, Eugen ed. and trans. 1878-82. T… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Gylfaginning ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Bjbp Jóms 42 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 20, n. 3 (SkP 3)

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