[1-2]: In this edn and also in Skj B, Gautr 1900 and FSGJ, l. 2 has been treated as an independent clause; however, it is possible (so Skald; NN §3294) to construe skjöldr ‘shield’ (l. 2) with inn skrautligi ‘the splendid’ (l.1) in the first clause, and take hekk áðr á tjöldum ‘it hung previously on the wall-hangings’ as a separate co-ordinate clause with the implied subject skjöldr ‘shield’.
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.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Gautr 1900 = Ranisch, Wilhelm, ed. 1900. Die Gautrekssaga in zwei Fassungen. Palaestra 11. Berlin: Mayer & Müller.