Note to Framarr Lv 4VIII (Ket 41)
[All]: This concluding stanza sums up the themes of the preceding ones and allows Framarr to die with gracious words on his lips: Ketill is courageous (cf. Ket 38, Ket 40); Óðinn’s spells cannot dull the blade of Ketill’s sword Dragvendill (cf. Ket 36); Óðinn is not to be trusted (cf. Ket 32, Ket 33). There are also echoes of the wording of Ket 38: hugr (38/8), hvass (38/3).
References
- Internal references
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 32 (Bǫðmóðr Framarsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 584.
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 33 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 585.
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 36 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 20)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 590.
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 38 (Framarr víkingakonungr, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 593.
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 40 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 595.