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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hallv Knútdr 8III/2 — dróttinn ‘the lord’

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].

readings

[2] dróttinn: so all others, dróttni R

notes

[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.

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grammar

case: nom.

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