Forað, Lausavísur 3

[2] segir in víðförla ‘says the far-travelled one’: In all mss this line consists of the verb form segir ‘he/she says’ and the f. nom. sg. in víðförla ‘the far-travelled one’ which can only refer to the giantess Forað. The line can be regarded either as an inquit indicating the speaker (the position adopted in this edn) or as part of Forað’s reply in direct address. In the latter case Forað would be referring to herself in the 3rd pers. The (self-) description of Forað as ‘the far-travelled one’ is appropriate in the light of the itinerary she details in her Lv 4 (Ket 24). Despite the unanimity of the ms. tradition previous eds (after Edd. Min.) with the exception of Anderson (1990, 439) emend the line with Heusler and Ranisch to a phrase designating Ketill: seggr inn víðförli ‘far-travelled man’.

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in ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

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[2] segir in víðförla ‘says the far-travelled one’: In all mss this line consists of the verb form segir ‘he/she says’ and the f. nom. sg. in víðförla ‘the far-travelled one’ which can only refer to the giantess Forað. The line can be regarded either as an inquit indicating the speaker (the position adopted in this edn) or as part of Forað’s reply in direct address. In the latter case Forað would be referring to herself in the 3rd pers. The (self-) description of Forað as ‘the far-travelled one’ is appropriate in the light of the itinerary she details in her Lv 4 (Ket 24). Despite the unanimity of the ms. tradition previous eds (after Edd. Min.) with the exception of Anderson (1990, 439) emend the line with Heusler and Ranisch to a phrase designating Ketill: seggr inn víðförli ‘far-travelled man’.

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víðförla ‘far-travelled one’

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víðfǫrull (adj.)

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[2] segir in víðförla ‘says the far-travelled one’: In all mss this line consists of the verb form segir ‘he/she says’ and the f. nom. sg. in víðförla ‘the far-travelled one’ which can only refer to the giantess Forað. The line can be regarded either as an inquit indicating the speaker (the position adopted in this edn) or as part of Forað’s reply in direct address. In the latter case Forað would be referring to herself in the 3rd pers. The (self-) description of Forað as ‘the far-travelled one’ is appropriate in the light of the itinerary she details in her Lv 4 (Ket 24). Despite the unanimity of the ms. tradition previous eds (after Edd. Min.) with the exception of Anderson (1990, 439) emend the line with Heusler and Ranisch to a phrase designating Ketill: seggr inn víðförli ‘far-travelled man’.

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[4] um aðra: um menn aðra 471

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aðra ‘others’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

[4] um aðra: um menn aðra 471

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ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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þú ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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fund ‘meeting’

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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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okkarn ‘about our’

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okkarr (pron.; °f. okkur; pl. okkrir): our

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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fyrðum ‘men’

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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man

[6] fyrðum: fyrðum óblauðum 471

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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segir ‘tell’

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segja (verb): say, tell

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[5-6]: In 471 and several other mss the latter part of this long-line reads fyrðum óblauðum ‘uncowardly men’, and the following l. 7 becomes segir, sveinn lítill. This wording is metrically and alliteratively regular and heightens the contrast between Ketill, whom Forað accuses of cowardice (ll. 7-8), and the dauntless men to whom he is to relate the tale of his inglorious encounter with her. The version of 471 has been preferred over that of 343a by Edd. Min. and Skj B, while Skald adopts a mixed text, blending 471 and 343a.

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