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Note to SnSt Ht 80III

[6] gǫrum (dat. pl.) ‘performed’: So W. In R ‘ꜹrvm’ has been altered to ‘geyrvm’ (R*). The original R reading, ǫrum (dat. pl.) ‘valiant, liberal’ could qualify fǫrum ‘expeditions’ (l. 5) and be construed with hróðrs ‘praise’ (l. 6): ǫrum fǫrum hróðrs ‘expeditions giving rise to a great deal of praise’ (so SnE 1848-87 and SnE 2007, 124: hróðr, 165: ǫrr). That reading does, however, force the omission of the prep. til ‘for’, which is necessary from a metrical point of view (hróðrs ǫrum is hypometrical, and all other lines in this stanza are regular in terms of the number of metrical positions per line).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
  3. SnE 2007 = Snorri Sturluson. 2007. Edda: Háttatal. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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