[1-4]: Innsteinn addresses the two Hrókar ‘Rooks’ (the brothers Hrókr inn svarti ‘Rook the Black’ and Hrókr inn hvíti ‘Rook the White’) and his own brother Útsteinn, referring to him as þriði ‘the third one’. As the reading ok her kóngr in 2845 would suggest that Innsteinn addresses four persons, eds emend l. 2 to ok herr konungs (Skj B; Skald) or í her konungs (Hálf 1909; FSGJ; Edd. Min.).
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.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Hálf 1909 = Andrews, A. Le Roy, ed. 1909. Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka. ASB 14. Halle: Niemeyer.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite (HróksvVIII)