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Note to Sturl Hrafn 11II

[5] fleinþollar ‘spear-firs [WARRIORS]’: Following Konráð Gíslason (1895-7, I, 99), Skj B emends to fúrþollar ‘fire-firs’ and takes the cpd with svanteigar ‘of the swan-field’ (i.e. ‘sea’) (l. 6) to form the kenning svanteigar fúrþollar ‘firs of the fire of the swan-field’ (i.e. ‘firs of gold’, ‘generous men’). That emendation is unnecessary if svanteigar ‘of the swan-field’ is construed with herdróttum ‘by the war-bands’ (l. 8) in the sense ‘sea-warriors’ (see NN §2292). Fleinþollr ‘spear-firs’ is otherwise attested as a kenning for ‘warrior’ (see LP: fleinþollr).

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.
  4. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
  5. Konráð Gíslason. 1895-7. Efterladte skrifter. 2 vols. I: Forelæsninger over oldnordiske skjaldekvad. II: Forelæsninger og videnskablige afhandlinger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.

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