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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Arn Hardr 9II

[1, 2] gjǫfvinr vildra Sygna ‘the gift-friend of prized Sygnir [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr]’: The variant gjafvinr would be equally acceptable; either reading is a hap. leg. The Sygnir are the people of Sogn, the district around Sognefjorden in western Norway. Skj B takes vildra as a comp. adj. qualifying n. acc. sg. gagn, hence ‘a better victory’, which is possible but assumes a more disjointed w. o. (and see NN §1135)

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.

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