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Note to Gusi Lv 2VIII (Ket 4)

[All]: The first half-stanza is composed in ljóðaháttr, whilst the second is in fornyrðislag. Previous eds with the exception of Anderson (1990, 433) have regarded the words því tel ek þik ósnjallan (343a) or the corresponding variants in the other mss as prose rather than as the last line of the stanza. In this case the whole stanza would be composed in ljóðaháttr. Three reasons can be adduced as arguments for regarding the last part of Gusi’s reply as verse rather than prose: (1) it contains a word (því 343a) which alliterates with þrysvar and Þrumu (or the variants) in the preceding line; (2) it is a continuation of the thought expressed in the previous lines; (3) eddic poetry provides many examples of stanzas composed in two different metres (cf. Skí).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Anderson, Sarah M. 1990. ‘The Textual Transmission of Two Fornaldarsögur: Ketils saga høings and Gríms saga loðinkinna’. Ph.D. thesis. Cornell University…
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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