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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Gestumbl Heiðr 29VIII (Heiðr 76)

[All]: Heiðrekr’s response is (Heiðr 1960, 43): þat er kýr ‘That is a cow’. The H redaction expands (Heiðr 1924, 77): hón hefir fjóra fœtr ok fjóra spena, tvau horn ok tvau augu, enn halinn drallar eptir ‘she has four legs and four teats, two horns and two eyes, but the tail trails after’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
  3. Heiðr 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.

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