Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 36VIII (Ǫrv 106)
[2] á feginsdægri ‘on a day of joy’: The only other occurrence of this cpd in poetry (feginsdagr) is in Anon Sól 82/3VII, where the word has a Christian sense and refers to Judgement Day (see Note to this line). Cf. also the cpd feginsmorginn ‘morning of joy’ (ESk Sigdr I 3/8II), referring to the Norwegian king Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon’s arrival at the Crusader port of Acre.
References
- Internal references
- Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 82’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 356-7.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Sigurðardrápa I 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 540.