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Note to Þul Viðar 2III

[8] elri (n.) ‘alder’: So ms. A, where the word is morphologically a collective noun, while ms. B and the LaufE mss have elrir (m.). The latter is used as a base-word in man-kennings, where n. names for trees would be irregular. In kennings for ‘fire’, elris occurs as a determinant in the gen., which could be the gen. of both elri and elrir (e.g. Sturl Hákkv 7/7II elris gram ‘dog of the alder [FIRE]’).

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 704-5.
  3. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 29 March 2024)

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