[8] fyrirlátandi ‘refused’: Lit. ‘refusing’. In this section of Mey, the poet, perhaps influenced by the style of a prose source, uses a number of pres. part. constructions where one would often expect pret. verb forms. Cf. also bannandi ‘prohibiting’ 35/2, lesandi ‘[they] read’ 36/1.
References
- Internal references
- Kirsten Wolf 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Heilagra meyja drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 891-930. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1026> (accessed 26 April 2024)