[3, 4] einkiend öld ‘specific to mankind’: Most eds regard öld as dat. sg. ‘to mankind’, though Kock (NN §2588) argues that it is an adverbial acc. meaning ‘for ever’. SnE 1848-87, II, 247 proposed that einkiend meant ‘well known to [all men]’, translating omnibus hominibus nota (cf. Skj B kendte for menneskene ‘known to mankind’), but it is more likely that einkiendr means ‘specific to, belonging to’ (cf. ONP: 2einkenna 2, p. p. einkenndr and 3 ‘specify as belonging to’), i.e. indicating that human beings alone of living creatures have understanding of morality. Cf. LP: einkendr.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- ONP = Degnbol, Helle et al., eds. 1989-. A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.