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3. Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði, 25 [Vol. 3, 1238]

[2] at ǫldrum ‘at drinking parties’: So Möbius (1874), Wisén (1886-9, I), NN §3155, but LP: aldr and Skj B interpret this as ‘according to their age’. Eddic poetry associates choosing women and alcoholic beverages: see HHj 32/3-6 (NK 147) ec hefi kerna | ina konungborno, | brúði þína, | at bragarfulli ‘I have chosen the royal descended one, your bride, at the drinking cup’. Ǫldr designates a drinking party in Hávm 13/2; Sigrdr 28/1-3 warns men about the dangers presented by beautiful women on the hall-benches. The notion of choosing a bride over the ale cup is central to the poem immediately preceding Mhkv in R, Bjbp Jóms 14/5-6, 8I. Bugge (1896b, 6) thought it possible that Mhkv was here playing on HHj.

references

Skj B = Finnur Jónsson ed.… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. … ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Wisén, Theodor ed. 1886-9. Carmina Norrœ… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

NK = Neckel, Gustav et al. 1983. … ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Bugge, Sophus. 1896b. Helgedigtene i den… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Möbius, Theodor. 1874. Malshatta-kvædi… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Anon, Mhkv ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Edda, Hávm ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Edda, Sigrdr ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Edda, HHj ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

Bjbp Jóms 14 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Anon Mhkv 25, n. 2 (SkP 3)

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