[1] fyrr ‘before’: Skj, Skald, FSN, Heiðr 1873 and Edd. Min. omit, though all mss have a word here. Fyrr can, however, be accommodated in a line of Type A* (málaháttr). The emendation (2845 has ‘for’) was suggested by Suhm and Stefán Björnsson in their 1785 edn of the R text (based on ms. 345; Heiðr 1785, 190) and, probably independently, by Jón Helgason (Heiðr 1924, 88 n. 4).
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Heiðr 1924 = Jón Helgason, ed. 1924. Heiðreks saga. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks konungs. SUGNL 48. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- Heiðr 1785 = Stefán Björnsson and P. F. Suhm, eds. 1785. Hervararsaga ok Heidrekskongs. Hafniæ (Copenhagen): Stein.
- Heiðr 1873 = Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1873. Hervarar saga ok Heidreks. Det Norske oldskriftselskabs samlinger 17. Christiania (Oslo): Brøgger.