[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
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.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 23 April 2024)