Note to Fjǫl Lv 2VIII (Gautr 4)
[1] stuttir sniglar ‘puny snails’: The first word of 567XIV γ is hard to read, but may be (so Gautr 1900, 8 n. to l. 19; Edd. Min.) slíkir ‘sleek’ rather than Skj A’s svartir ‘black’. The existence of slíkr adj. ‘sleek, smooth’ beside the noun slíkr ‘slime’ (attested only in Bjhít Grám 1/4V (BjH 26)) is debatable. This ms.’s fuglar ‘birds’, instead of sniglar ‘snails’ does not fit with the prose text, nor does it alliterate. It is possible that this variant was influenced by the subject-matter of Gautr 5.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj A = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15a. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter håndskrifterne. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1967. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Gautr 1900 = Ranisch, Wilhelm, ed. 1900. Die Gautrekssaga in zwei Fassungen. Palaestra 11. Berlin: Mayer & Müller.
- Internal references
- Alison Finlay (ed.) 2022, ‘Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa 26 (Bjǫrn Hítdœlakappi Arngeirsson, Grámagaflím 1)’ 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. 98.
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 5 (Ímsigull Skafnǫrtungsson, Lausavísa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 249.