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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Leið 41VII

[3] styrkr ‘strong, powerful’: The ms. reading has been retained here, although it disturbs the alliteration, which requires a word beginning with <m>. Sveinbjörn Egilsson, acknowledging Jón Sigurðsson’s suggestion (in a n. to 444(2)ˣ), and Kock (NN §1270) independently suggested that the word should be merkir, 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. of merkja in the sense ‘to set a value on’. They take Kristr ‘Christ’ (l. 3) to be the subject and menn the object in an intercalary cl. Kristr merkir menn ‘Christ values men’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) omits the word altogether, marking the space with dots.

References

  1. Bibliography
  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.
  3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.

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