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Note to Ólhv Hryn 6II

[8] meðan jǫrð heldr flóði ‘as long as the earth adheres to the sea’: This statement is likely proverbial or semi-proverbial and means ‘forever more’. Cf. ll. 6-8 þvít æ mun rausnarkapp ok ríki beggja uppi, meðan jǫrð heldr flóði ‘because the eagerness for glory and the power of both will always be remembered, as long as the earth adheres to the sea’ and Þstf Stuttdr 5/1-4 fǫr Endils svǫrgœðis mun ey uppi, meðan salr sólborgar stendr ‘the journey of the fattener of Endill’s <sea-king’s> bird will always be remembered as long as the the hall of the sun’s stronghold [SKY/HEAVEN > EARTH] remains’.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 477.

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