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Note to ÚlfrU Húsdr 5III

[1, 2] þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘to the heavy-set fat one’: All mss have dat. þjokkvǫxnum þikling, but both Skj B and Skald emend to nom. þjokkvaxinn þiklingr, which they take as the subject of kvezk ‘says’ (so ms. U). SnE 1848-87 and SnE 1998 retain the dat., but neither edn comments on the helmingr’s syntactic structure. The R version is acceptable with the small emendation of njóts to njótr with njótr hafra ‘the user of goats’ as the subject of kvað ‘said’ (l. 1). Then the remainder of the helmingr is indirect speech with an acc. with inf. construction introduced by kvað ‘he said’ (kvað þykkja). An overt acc. form is missing because the verb þykkja is impersonal (þykkir e-m ‘it seems to sby’). By incorporating þjokkvǫxnum þikling ‘heavy-set fat one’ into Þórr’s speech, this expression becomes the god’s insult to the giant.

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. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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