[All]: FoGT thus supplies information to confirm that this is the (or a) stef or refrain of Nikdr. In a regular drápa of the C13th-14th, the first stef would appear at the end of the upphaf or introduction to the poem, which was of varying length, and it would then be repeated at regular intervals within the stefjabálkr or middle section of the poem. There is no evidence in the case of Nikdr about where in the sequence this stef appeared.
References
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, The Fourth Grammatical Treatise’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=34> (accessed 2 June 2024)
- Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Nikulásdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 565. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1034> (accessed 2 June 2024)