[2] at sundi ‘to sea’: As noted by Kock (NN §39), sund can mean ‘swimming’, ‘water, sea’ or ‘narrow stretch of water’. The latter meaning is most appropriate following the prep. frá, the reading of Holm2 and other ÓH mss of the A class; this is adopted in Fell (1981b) since Holm2 is her main ms.
References
- Bibliography
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Fell, Christine E. 1981b. ‘Víkingarvísur’. In Dronke et al. 1981, 106-22.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga helga’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=53> (accessed 23 April 2024)