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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 43VIII (Ǫrv 113)

[7] hundrað ‘a hundred’: Usually meaning ‘one hundred and twenty’. Both 343a and 173ˣ have hálft hundrað ‘half a hundred’, which produces a hypermetrical line, but 471, followed here (and by Skj B and Skald) has the metrical hundrað.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.

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