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Note to stanza1. 15. Glúmr Geirason, 2. Gráfeldardrápa, 11 [Vol. 1, 260] [2] hollr viggjum ‘benevolent to horses’: Hollr ‘benevolent, friendly, loyal’ frequently governs a dat. of the beneficiary (LP: hollr), and this seems to be the case here. The horses are assumed to be literal, although in context metaphorical ones (as in the ship-kenning assumed by Finnur Jónsson, noted above) might seem more likely. If literal, the reference could be to horses kept for pagan ritual purposes (see Note to st. 13 [All] on Haraldr’s religion). Alternatively (as argued by Kock in NN §§259, 2203, followed in ÍF 26) the allusion could be to one of the tólf íþróttir ‘twelve accomplishments’ that Glúmr attributes to Haraldr in st. 14. This probably incomplete stanza does not enumerate the accomplishments, and the comparable stanzas attributed to Haraldr harðráði ‘Hard-rule’ (Hharð Gamv 4II) and Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson (Rv Lv 1II) do not include horsemanship in their lists, but Kock includes it among a number of skills attributed to kings in Old Norse and Old English sources, and specifically (NN §259) in the eddic Rígsþula (Rþ 35, 37, 42, 47). referencesNN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. … ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) LP = Finnur Jónsson ed. 1931. Lex… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) ÍF 26-8 = Bjarni Aðalbjarn… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) Edda, Rþ ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) Hharð Gamv 4 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) Rv Lv 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 11, n. 2 (SkP 1) |
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