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Note to SnSt Ht 37III

[1-4]: The present edn follows Konráð Gíslason (1895-7), Skj B and SnE 2007. Kock (NN §1311) somewhat unsuccessfully tried to simplify the word order by taking verð (l. 3) as a noun (vederlag ‘compensation’) and vald (våld ‘violence’) and gjald (hämnd ‘vengeance’) (l. 2) as the objects of banna (‘forbid’): Ferð vann fest mest verð herði fólka; hǫfundr aldar, sás lestir bil, bannar virðum vald, gjald translated as Mängden lovade det största vederlag åt örlogsjälten – landets styresman förbjuder männen, dådsnabb, våld och hämnd ‘The crowd promised the greatest compensation to the hero of the fleet – the ruler of the land forbids the men, quick in action, violence and vengeance’. Aside from the fact that gjald and vald are not attested in the meanings ‘vengeance’ and ‘violence’ (Fritzner: gjald; vald), this interpretation forces an awkward, asyndetic construction (vald, gjald ‘violence [and] vengeance’).

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.
  4. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
  5. Konráð Gíslason. 1895-7. Efterladte skrifter. 2 vols. I: Forelæsninger over oldnordiske skjaldekvad. II: Forelæsninger og videnskablige afhandlinger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
  6. SnE 2007 = Snorri Sturluson. 2007. Edda: Háttatal. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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