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Note to Bǫðmóðr Lv 2VIII (Ket 30)

[4] málsefnis ‘hospitality’: While in Skj B Finnur Jónsson interprets málsefni as a reference to food and drink (mál ‘meal’, efni ‘stuff’; see the translation måltid ‘meal’ in Skj B), the eds of Edd. Min. (Edd. Min. 144) and Finnur Jónsson elsewhere (LP: málsefni) translate the cpd as ‘opportunity for talk’ (mál = ‘speech’), apparently based on the sense the word has in Kolb Lv 10/6IV. The offer of food for many a day (cf. Hávm 35, 37, 66-7) appears more plausible in this context than the offer of conversation.

References

  1. Bibliography
  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. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
  4. 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.
  5. Internal references
  6. Not published: do not cite ()
  7. Not published: do not cite (Kolb Lv 10IV)

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