[1] rôð ‘the marriage’: See Fritzner: ráð 13. Rôð (here pl.) could alternatively mean ‘extra-marital sexual relations’, ‘counsel’, ‘strategy’ or ‘agreement’ (CVC: ráð; Fritzner: ráð). The skald exploits this polysemousness to continue the metaphor of Jǫrð as both a goddess, possessed sexually by Hákon, and as the land (jǫrð) of Norway, which he rules.
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- 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.