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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Pét 21VII

[8] dróttin ‘the Lord’: The root vowel must be long here to provide aðalhending with skjótt; cf. sts 43/2 and 45/7. Elsewhere the expected late form drottinn is used (sts 11/8, 26/5, 28/1, 34/1, 37/6 and especially 13/8 brott ... drotni. See further Note to Anon Alpost 8/8).

References

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  2. Ian McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Allra postula minnisvísur 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 863-4.

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