Note to Anon (FoGT) 30III
[All]: This stanza is present in both the X (ms. papp10ˣ(36v); LaufE 1979, 252) and the Y (mss 2368ˣ(106), 743ˣ(82r); LaufE 1979, 363-4) versions of LaufE, together with a version of the prose commentary in FoGT that follows the stanza, in each case slightly differently worded. The verse text is the same in each, except that in l. 3 mss 2368ˣ and 743ˣ have klaustrs (as in FoGT), while papp10ˣ has klaustr. Neither the stanza nor the prose commentary are in RE 1665, unlike the other two anonymous stanzas in FoGT (sts 4 and 6) and two by known skalds, Þskúm Lv 1I (FoGT 27) and ESk Lv 13 (FoGT 56), which are in both sources. In papp10ˣ the extract from FoGT about þokumenn is included after Epilogus partis prioris, possibly as a later addition, while in 2368ˣ and 743ˣ it comes at the end of the section entitled Upprune nóckurra konga heita ‘The origin of some kings’ heiti’; for a discussion of the significance of these locations, see Faulkes (LaufE 1979, 179).
References
- Bibliography
- LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, The Fourth Grammatical Treatise’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=34> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 13’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 176.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorleifr skúma Þorkelsson, Lausavísa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 360.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 19 April 2024)