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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Skúli Svǫlðr 1III

[3, 4] þá hlýðir greppr vel góðu spjalli ‘then the poet listens well to the good tale’: Skj B follows C for hlýði (3rd pers. sg. pres. subj.) and A for því (n. dat. sg.) and emends greppr (nom.) to grepps (gen.): hlýði því góðu spjalli grepps ‘may [people] listen to that good tale of the poet’.

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.

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