[3]: The syntactic break after metrical position 4 (Dúrnis) in this odd Type A-line is highly unusual (see Kuhn 1983, 134-7; Gade 1995a, 137-41) and could mean that the half-stanza is quite late.
References
- Bibliography
- Gade, Kari Ellen. 1995a. The Structure of Old Norse dróttkvætt Poetry. Islandica 49. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Kuhn, Hans (1899). 1983. Das Dróttkvætt. Heidelberg: Winter.