Note to Auðunn Lv 2I
[5] hrammfjǫturs ‘of the arm-fetter [ARM-RING]’: The first element of this cpd is almost certainly hrafn- in Hb. Assuming, however, that this forms part of a woman-kenning with Hlǫkk (l. 6), the cpd ‘raven-fetter’ would not be appropriate, so some eds (SnE 1848-87, III; Skald) have adopted the rare spelling variant hramm for hrafn (cf. Anon Leið 16/2VII and GSvert Hrafndr 7/3IV), understanding that the scribe has confused it here with the noun hramm- ‘arm’, and that has been followed here; cf. leggfjǫtrs ‘of the limb-fetter [ARM-RING]’ Hár Lv 1/5.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 155.
- Not published: do not cite (GSvert Hrafndr 7IV)
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Hárekr í Þjóttu, Lausavísur 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 808.