[7] morðs ‘of battle’: Holtsmark (Hl 1941, 102) suggests that the spelling of this word in papp25ˣ, ‘morhz’, reflects the spelling of Rugman’s exemplar with <z> representing <ðs> and <h> added as a reminiscence of <ðh> in nom. ‘morðh’. See also st. 62/5.
References
- Bibliography
- Hl 1941 = Jón Helgason and Anne Holtsmark, eds. 1941. Háttalykill enn forni. BA 1. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.