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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Gamlkan Has 56VII

[4] æligs móðs ‘of a vile soul’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) construes this with lastaverk, giving tregr emk at láta til fasts ljót lasta – verk æligs móðs fyr róða ‘I am reluctant to abandon too completely the ugly sins of a vile soul’. This edn follows his interpretation. However, Sveinbjörn Egilsson and Jón Helgason (see previous Note) take the phrase as part of the intercalated cl.

References

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  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.

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