[3]: This odd Type A2k-line is rare and archaic (see Kuhn 1983, 140; Gade 1995a, 140). Together with the heathen content of the poem, this metrical feature suggests an early date of composition.
References
- Bibliography
- Gade, Kari Ellen. 1995a. The Structure of Old Norse dróttkvætt Poetry. Islandica 49. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Kuhn, Hans (1899). 1983. Das Dróttkvætt. Heidelberg: Winter.