[2] jarðhljótr ‘the land-recipient [RULER]’: Although all mss have a form of the noun hlutr ‘lot, share’, the cpd jarðhlutr ‘earth-share’ makes no sense in the context, because the phrase ‘… honours with a headband’ requires a subject like ‘ruler’. The present emendation was suggested in Skj B and has been adopted by all subsequent eds (see also Finnur Jónsson 1931, 110). Comparable ruler-kennings are found in Eskál Vell 36/1, 4I and Hfr Lv 11/7V (Hallfr 14).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1931. ‘Kormákr Ögmundarson’. ÅNOH, 107-206.
- Internal references
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 36’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Hallfreðar saga 14 (Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 890.