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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to FriðÞ Lv 22VIII (Frið 28)

[8] ódrjúgr ‘not sluggish’: The usual sense of ódrjúgr appears to be ‘insufficient, inadequate’ (cf. Fritzner: údrjúgr), which does not fit the context here. The commoner adj. drjúgr usually means ‘substantial, lasting’. Because the normal sense is inappropriate, eds have emended, as explained in the Note to ll. 7-8 above. Here, however, it is possible that the negated adj. has the sense ‘not sluggish, quick’ rather than ‘insubstantial’.

References

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  2. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.

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