[3] eðli ‘parentage’: The noun eðli has several possible meanings of which ‘parentage’ is one (cf. ONP: eðli 2 ‘origin, descent, extraction’). Other eds (cf. Skj B’s hvorledes vi brødre var i karakter ‘how we brothers were in character’) understand eðli in the sense of ‘nature, (true) character’ (ONP: eðli 3), and this interpretation is also possible.
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.
- ONP = Degnbol, Helle et al., eds. 1989-. A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.