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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Sturl Hrafn 20II

[1-4]: The present edn follows NN §1363. Skj B construes the helmingr as follows: Brún egg of beit at brynmóti í rauðtúnum gunntjalda ódyggrar aldar translated as Den brune sværdsæg bed i kampen i de slette mænds røde skjoldgærder ‘The brown sword-edge bit in battle in the despicable men’s red shield-fences’. That interpretation is not possible, because the expletive of (l. 3) is never separated from the verb (here: beit ‘bit’ (l. 1)).

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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