Note to Anon Krm 4^VIII

[7-8]: Noteworthy here is the reversal at the end of the couplet of the order in which qualifying adj. and noun are placed at the beginning (öll … á, gjálfri … heitu ‘whole ... river, surge ... hot’), giving an impression, when the lines are read in sequence, of criss-cross chiastic patterning (adj./noun, noun/adj.). As de Vries (1964-7, II, 40 n. 68), notes, these two lines seem to show the influence of ESk Elfv 1/4-5^II, which, when read in sequence, show the same positioning of noun and adj., though without the chiastic ordering: Elfr varð unda gjalfri | eitrkǫld roðin heitu ‘The bitter-cold Götaälv was reddened by the hot surge of wounds [BLOOD]’, i. e. Elfr … eitrkǫld, gjálfri … heitu ‘Götaälv ... bitter-cold, surge ... hot’ (noun/adj., noun/adj.).

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