Note to Anon (StSt) 1VIII (StSt 1)
[6] at höfuðblóti ‘for a major sacrifice’: Finnur Jónsson in Skj A reads here ‘oc hofs bloti’, commenting in a note that the line in 335 is somewhat unclear, especially hofs, in which the last <s> is rather large (næppe hofuð ‘hardly höfuð’). In spite of his disclaimer, this ed. reads the final letter as <d> or possibly <ð>, as does Zitzelsberger (StSt 1969, 21). FSN and FSGJ adopt at hofblóti ‘for the temple sacrifice’. Ms. 589f and some other mss read höfuðblót mikit ‘a large major sacrifice’, and this reading is preferred by StSt 1694, Skj B and Skald.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj A = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15a. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter håndskrifterne. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1967. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- StSt 1694 = Gudmund Olofz-Son, ed. 1694. Sagann af Sturlauge hinum Starf-sama. Eller Sturlög then Arbetsammes Historia fordom på gammel Göthiska skrifwen och nu på Swenska uthålkad [sic]. Uppsala: privately printed.
- StSt 1969 = Zitzelsberger, Otto J., ed. 1969. The Two Versions of Sturlaugs saga starfsama: A Decipherment, Edition and Translation of a Fourteenth-Century Icelandic Mythical-Heroic Saga. Düsseldorf: Triltsch.