Note to Anon Krm 8VIII
[10] málmr stökk á ‘metal leapt at’: Eds prior to Finnur Jónsson (1893b) retained the ms. reading stakk, 3rd pers. sg. pret. of stinga ‘thrust, stab’; subsequent eds (i.e. Finnur Jónsson 1893b; 1905; Skj B; Skald) have emended to stǫkk, 3rd pers. sg. pret. of støkkva ‘leap’. The reasons for the emendation are not entirely clear. The verb stinga is most often used transitively, with a dat. object in the sense of ‘thrust’ (as in st. 1/9-10 above) or with an acc. object in the sense of ‘stab, puncture, prick, sting’. Intransitive uses of the verb are relatively hard to find, other than in certain set phrases, e.g. at stinga af ‘be off, depart’ (see Fritzner: stinga 4, cf. ModSwed. sticka; LP, ONP, Heggstad et al. 2008: stinga). With these considerations in mind, the emendation to stökk, 3rd pers. sg. pret. of the verb støkkva in its strong, intransitive form ‘leap, spring’, is adopted, with some caution, in the present edn.
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.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1893b. Carmina Norrœna: Rettet Tekst. Copenhagen: Nielsen & Lydiche.
- 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.
- ONP = Degnbol, Helle et al., eds. 1989-. A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.