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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Gamlkan Has 13VII

[3] laxa fróns en leyndak: B’s reading produces an irregular skothending fróns : leynda. That fróns may be an interpolation is suggested by the context, since the gold-kenning frón laxa láðs ‘land of the salmon of the land’, is somewhat clumsy and repetitious. Jón Helgason (1935-6, 255) suggested emendation of fróns to brands gen. sg. of brandr ‘fire, flame’. This emendation gives a -nd : -nd rhyme and makes for a more conventional gold-kenning, gautar brands láðs laxa ‘men of the fire of the land of the salmon’.

References

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  2. Jón Helgason. 1935-6. ‘Til skjaldedigtningen’. APS 10, 250-64.

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