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Note to Bragi Þórr 6III

[1] vrǫngum ‘twisted’: The spelling with initial <vr> is an archaism in Old Icelandic, [v] having been dropped in initial position before [r] in the preliterate period. However, it persisted in Old Norwegian and, as Bragi was a Norwegian, its presence here may be due to his ethnicity. See Fidjestøl (1999, 231-45) for a review of this phenomenon (especially 232 and n. 9), which Óláfr Þórðarson in TGT (TGT 1884, 87) termed vinðandin forna, the archaic use of the symbol venð <w>, cf. OE wenn, wynn.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. TGT 1884 = Björn Magnússon Ólsen, ed. 1884. Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda tilligemed de grammatiske afhandlingers prolog og to andre tillæg. SUGNL 12. Copenhagen: Knudtzon.
  3. Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1999. The Dating of Eddic Poetry. Ed. Odd Einar Haugen. BA 41. Copenhagen: Reitzel.
  4. Internal references
  5. (forthcoming), ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, The Third Grammatical Treatise’ in Tarrin Wills (ed.), The Third Grammatical Treatise. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=32> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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