Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages |
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lemma:
betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
readings:
notes:
[3] beztu heilli ‘with the highest grace’: Lit. ‘with the best grace or fortune’: A specifically Christian sense ‘grace’ is appropriate here as, e.g., in Gamlkan Has 1/1VII.
kennings:
grammar:
Strong form: in -r
note the u-mutation in certain forms
| masc. | fem. | neut. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing. | N A G D | langr langan langs lǫngum | lǫng langa langrar langri | langt langt langs lǫngu |
| pl. | N A G D | langir langa langra lǫngum | langar langar langra lǫngum | lǫng lǫng langra lǫngum |
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