[3] framsóttu ‘aggressive’: Lit. ‘forward-seeking’. Cf. ModIcel. framsækinn ‘eager to advance’. That this is how the word was understood is demonstrated by the reading ‑leitu for ‑sóttu, of similar meaning, in the FskA transcripts. Some eds emend to fránleitu ‘bright-eyed’ (Fsk 1902-3, Skj B, and Skald, following Möbius 1860 and LP (1860): fránleitr; Sueti 1884, 23 has -leita).
References
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- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- LP (1860) = Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1860. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis. Copenhagen: Societas Regia antiquariorum septentrionalium.
- Fsk 1902-3 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1902-3. Fagrskinna: Nóregs kononga tal. SUGNL 30. Copenhagen: Møller.
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