Note to Þjóð Haustl 14^III

[1, 3, 4] eðr of sér á baugi hyrjar ‘furthermore one can see on the shield-ring of fire’: An appropriate introduction to a new section of the drápa, announcing a fresh subject that can be seen on the shield Þjóðólfr has received from Þorleifr. There has been some debate among scholars about the syntactical positioning of hyrjar (l. 3). This edn follows Åkerblom (1899a, 270), Kock (NN §139) and Marold (1983, 169) in construing hyrjar, gen. sg. of hyrr ‘fire, burning’, with á baugi ‘on the shield-ring’, possibly a reference to the decorated shield’s bright, glowing colours, rather than interpreting it as part of the kenning for Hrungnir in ll. 3-4 (see Note below).

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