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Note to Þmaur Frag 1III

[All]: The numerous kenning elements appear to form three kennings. The first kenning (l. 1), based on rýrir ‘diminisher’ and the third (ll. 2, 4), based on Hermóðr, appear to refer to the same person, but there is disagreement about the place of the second (l. 3), based on glaðsendir ‘cheerful sender’. In the construal shown above (adopted in SnE 1848-87, I, 406-7, III, 70-1 and Skj B), the kenning in l. 3 forms an apostrophe. The main alternatives are that it stands in apposition to the warrior-kenning based on Hermóðr (an option favoured by Faulkes in SnE 1998, I, 190, and apparently by Kock in Skald and NN §§904, 1855) or that it is the subject of sér ‘sees’ (also mentioned by Faulkes). In the latter case, however, the poet would be referring to himself, and doing so in an unusually laudatory way.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
  4. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  5. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  6. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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