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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Vitn 4VII

[4] konungsdóttur ‘the king’s daughter’: The l. is unmetrical because the second lift falls on a short syllable (suspended resolution). Skald emends to konungsins dóttur ‘the king’s daughter’ (with an enclitic def. art.; see NN §3358 and 10/6 below). Konungs ‘the king’s’ is abbreviated as ‘konungs’ (713) or ‘konvngs’ (721) (see Note to 3/3 above).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.

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