Note to Ásgr Lv 1III
[2] hyrdraugar ‘fire-trees’: The mss all read herdraugar ‘army-trees’, which would be unparalleled as a kenning or part-kenning, whereas hyrdraugar, as part of an inverted man- or warrior-kenning, is comparable to hyrlundr ‘fire-tree’ in Karl Lv 2/2V (Svarfd 10) and Anon Pl 16/3VII (though the latter is not fully legible in the ms.). In addition, there does not seem to be any very convincing way to interpret the kenning containing the word if herdraugar is accepted. The emendation appears to have originated with Skj B, and it is accepted by Kock (Skald).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 192.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2022, ‘Svarfdœla saga 10 (Þorleifr jarlsskáld Rauðfeldarson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1356.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2022, ‘Svarfdœla saga 12 (Karl inn rauði, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1360.