[2] fyr skǫmmu ‘a short time ago’: Since l. 2 has too few syllables and other attempts to restore the line are unconvincing (cf. Þóarr or Þonarr, see Note to l. 2 Þórr above), fyr has been inserted. This calls to mind ófyrskǫmmu ‘no short time ago’ in Þjóð Haustl 2/4. Þdr could be stressing here the immediacy of the myth for Eilífr’s patron, Hákon jarl.
References
- Internal references
- Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2017, ‘ Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 68. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1170> (accessed 3 May 2024)
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Haustlǫng 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 434.