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Note to Leiðólfr Frag 1III

[1] Njǫrðr ‘the Njǫrðr <god>’: Probably used as the base-word for a man-kenning, the remainder of which belonged to now-lost lines. Ms. W’s reading Mǫrðr (a pers. n.) is also plausible, the variation no doubt arising from a confusion of <ni>/<m>. Björn Magnússon Ólsen (TGT 1884, 225) suggests that this stanza (taking W’s reading) deals with persons also mentioned in Njáls saga, in which a Mǫrðr Valgarðsson plays a prominent role. The subject-matter implied by the fragment is more suggestive of a royal encomium than Icelandic feud, however.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. TGT 1884 = Björn Magnússon Ólsen, ed. 1884. Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda tilligemed de grammatiske afhandlingers prolog og to andre tillæg. SUGNL 12. Copenhagen: Knudtzon.
  3. Internal references
  4. 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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