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Note to Anon (FoGT) 7III

[All]: The syntax of this stanza is difficult if W’s af (l. 4) and ok (l. 7) are retained, and they have been emended to in both instances, following suggestions by Sveinbjörn Egilsson in the first instance and Jón Þorkelsson in FoGT 1884, 246 n. 6 in the second. If ok in l. 7 remains, it is necessary to construe og hjörðum glæpsku firðum ‘and for the flocks freed from sin’ (ll. 7, 8) as an extension of að angri rangri þjóð ‘to the distress of the sinful people’ (l. 4), and this seems an impossibly strained word order (see FoGT 1884, 246 n. 6) across two helmingar.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FoGT 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.

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