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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Lil 47VII

[1] fættiz ‘grows smaller’: This form of the verb is necessary for the rhyme with þetta ‘this’. Fætta, fækta, and fækka are alternative forms of the same word (cf. smætta, smætka, smækka ‘to make small’). Christ’s healing miracles involve the driving out of demons, hence the diminution of Lucifer’s legions.

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