[3-4]: As in Hrólf 5/1-2, l. 4 has double alliteration, and there is no alliteration between ll. 3 and 4; both Skj B and Skald delete eru in l. 4 to create a metrical line, and Kock emends to hǫgg á armi tvau.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- †Desmond Slay (ed.) 2017, ‘Hrólfs saga kraka 5 (Heiðr vǫlva, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 544.