[1] Moysen ‘Moses’: The spelling of the ms. Also possible are Móisen, Moísen, and length on the last syllable (-én, so Skald). Moses the lawgiver is well represented in skaldic verse; cf. Anon Leið 18/2VII lagavísum Móísi ‘law-wise Moses’ and especially Anon Law 1/5VII Móyses kunni lögmáls list ‘Moses was skilled in the art of law-giving’.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 156-7.
- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lausavísa on Lawgiving 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 966.