[1] þerfiliga ‘humbly’: This word is otherwise attested only as an adj. þerfiligr ‘necessary, useful’. For the meaning ‘humbly’, see LP: þerfiliga. The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Sperber emends to þrifliga ‘capably’.
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.