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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Ótt Óldr 1III/4 — síns ‘of his’

Jǫfurr heyri upphaf
— ofrask mun konungs lof —
— hôttu nemi hann rétt
hróðrs míns — bragar síns.

Heyri jǫfurr upphaf bragar síns; lof konungs mun ofrask; nemi hann rétt hôttu hróðrs míns.

May the prince hear the beginning of his poem; the king’s praise will be raised; may he note correctly the forms of my panegyric.

readings

[4] síns: míns C

notes

[4] síns; míns ‘of his; of my’: All mss except C agree that míns ‘my’ qualifies hróðrs ‘panegyric’ and síns ‘his’ qualifies bragar ‘poem’; however, both Skj B and Skald choose to adopt C’s version. The present edn, like SnE 1998 (and Sveinbjörn Egilsson in SnE 1848-87, III), retains the majority reading of the mss.

grammar

Pronouns and determiners: Possessive

masc.fem.neut.
sing. N
A
G
D
minn
minn
mín
mínum
mín
mína
minnar
minni
mitt
mitt
míns
mínu
pl. N
A
G
D
mínir
mína
minna
mínum
mínar
mínar
minna
mínum
mín
mín
minna
mínum
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