Knútr verr jǫrð sem ítran
alls dróttinn sal fjalla.
Knútr verr jǫrð sem dróttinn alls ítran sal fjalla.
Knútr defends the earth as the lord of all [= God] [defends] the splendid hall of the mountains [HEAVEN].
[2] dróttinn: so all others, dróttni R
[2] dróttinn alls ‘the lord of all [= God]’: Alls ‘of all’ is used in the sense ‘of the whole world’, ‘of the universe’. This is the earliest attested occurrence of this word as a determinant in circumlocutions for ‘God’. It was later used by Markús Skeggjason (Mark) in Eirdr 29/2II (c. 1103-7), and again by Einarr Skúlason (ESk) in Geisl 1/2VII, 5/4VII (c. 1153). See LP: allr 2.
case: nom.