[4] kanna ‘explore’: The emendation is necessary to make good sense of the clause (so NN §2606); kenna means ‘know’, while the other ms. readings, koma ‘come’ and (possibly) brenna ‘burn’, are inappropriate in context.
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.