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Note to Keth Lv 13VIII (Ket 20)

[1-2]: The first long-line appears in the form adopted in this edn from 343a and 340ˣ. Previous eds (Skj B, Skald) adopt the reading of 471: Hykkat ek fyrir vinnaz ‘I don’t think that I will be hindered’ (cf. NN §2392). Heusler and Ranisch (Edd. Min.) as well as Guðni Jónsson (FSGJ) emend the wording in 343a to Lætkat ek fyrir vinnaz ‘I don’t let it hinder me’. However it is unnecessary to alter the text of 343a since the reading læt ek hér fyrir vinnaz makes good sense: ‘I will provide a sufficiency for myself here’ (cf. Fritzner: vinna 12 and vinna fyrir 1); the addition of a negative is apparently motivated by the occurrence of the phrase láta fyrir vinnaz ‘let oneself be prevented; give up’ in other texts (see Fritzner: vinna fyrir 2).

References

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  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  5. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
  6. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  7. Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

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