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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Hhárf Snædr 1I

[3] at mey dána ‘after the maiden’s death’: Lit. ‘after the maiden dead’. (a) In the interpretation adopted here, the prep. at governs the acc., with the sense ‘after’; cf. phrases of the type at e-n fallinn/dauðan ‘after the death of sby’ (LP: 1. at B). (b) See the following Note, analysis (b), for an alternative possibility.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.

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