Note to Refr Giz 3III
[3] Fals ‘of the Falr <dwarf>’: The dwarf-name Falr is attested only here and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 17), which contains a catalogue of dwarf-names taken from Vsp 10-16. The comparable place in the eddic poem (Vsp 16/3) does not give Falr, but Fjalarr, however. The dwarf called Fjalarr plays a decisive role in creating the mead of poetry (cf. Skm, SnE 1998, I, 3). The name’s gen. form Fjalars would be acceptable in l. 3 of Refr’s stanza; perhaps it was replaced by Fals to avoid an awkward resolution in metrical position 1 and to maintain the strict rhyme scheme, which requires a double aðalhending in each line.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 26 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ 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=113> (accessed 26 April 2024)
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