Eyv Hák 11I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 11’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 186.
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[2] valkyrjur ‘valkyries’: Gǫndul and Skǫgul; see Note to st. 1/1 on these and valkyries in general.
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[2] valkyrjur ‘valkyries’: Gǫndul and Skǫgul; see Note to st. 1/1 on these and valkyries in general.
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[5] stóðu ‘remained’: The reading stu ‘sat’ of J1ˣ, J2ˣ is preferred by nearly all the poem’s eds, and it is suitable to valkyries on horseback, but it is surely an alteration. Stóðu, rather than having its usual sense ‘stood’, may here mean ‘remained, stayed’ (Fritzner: standa 7).
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