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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Mdr 20VII

[5] brár ‘shines’: An uncommon verb, cf. LP: brá(a), which does not cite this example. The only other recorded instance in skaldic verse is Lil 33/4 geislinn brár (for bráir), of a sunbeam shining through glass, a type of the Incarnation. See Note ad loc. Both hljómr (l. 5) and hljóð (l. 6) have a basic sense of ‘sound, tune’, but presumably a secondary sense here of ‘reputation, praise’ (in the form of hymns).

References

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  2. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 601-2.

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