[3] greipar ‘claws’: Here, as with Skj B and Skald, 471’s reading has been preferred to the alternative acc. pl. greipr (so 343a) of greip ‘hand, claw’. The disyllabic form produces a line in which there is an unstressed syllable between the two alliterating words (greipar, gular).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.