[3] ungr vísi ‘the young leader’: The R (and LaufE) variant vísir ‘leader’ is a later form and has been normalised accordingly. If this stanza indeed were part of SveinnII and addressed to Sveinn Úlfsson (see Introduction above), the apostrophe ungr vísi ‘young leader’ would be somewhat inappropriate because Sveinn must have been at least middle-aged at this time (c. 1051; see ÍF 35, 129 n. 1).
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 313-22. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1430> (accessed 27 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 27 April 2024)