[2] manna ‘of men’: The scribe of W has written a common mark of abbreviation over the <m>, as well as over the first <n>, suggesting, as Finnur Jónsson (Skj AII, 215 n.) observed, that he first intended to write menn, then corrected to manna without erasing the abbreviation over <m>.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj A = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15a. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter håndskrifterne. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1967. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.