[7] austr ‘in the east’: That is, from an Icelandic perspective, in Norway. One or both of the adverbs austr and víða ‘far and wide’ could equally be attached to the second clause in the helmingr, though the present arrangement is simpler (see NN §1221).
References
- Bibliography
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.