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Craigie: Skaldic Metre.
347
yrftislag (in which are included balkarlag and Starka-
darlag; see H&ttatal 97—99). As this, in its strictest
form, differs from dr6ttkveett chiefly by the want of the
final ± ^, we should not expect a priori to find any serious
discrepancy on this head. A thorough examination of the
question is, however, rendered difficult by the lack of good
authentic specimens of fornyrdislag from the 10th century.
Until we know exactly when, where, and by whom the
poems of the Edda were composed we cannot with any safety
found our investigations upon them. That such lines as
stendr <z of grown and yhkr tofk pat gull occur in Volu-
sp& and Volundarkvida proves nothing: we must find out,
if possible, what was done by skalds whose names and dates
are not matters of uncertainty. Then of course we may take
the Edda poems into account, and see how they compare
with the results obtained.
§ 8. I begin with the few lausavisur in this metre
which have the chance of being genuine, and the following
are the lines in these which have an immediate bearing on
the point in question:
Styrbjorn. utnorSr i haf. Ldn.
Steinarr. liffk rdSa god. Ldn.
Bersi. hofum engi J>rek. Korra. S.
Stefnir. nictrbjugt es nef. Kristni S.
. ok Tryggva son. „
Onemndr. en kynligr madr. Eiriks S.
Bjorn. em’k heill i hug. Bjarnar S.
hefk fornan mor. n
*6rdr. o$$ scldut mjol. „
So far, then, there is no variation from the rule already
laid down1). But if these lausavisur are too few to
establish the principle as valid for all correct fornyrdislag, it
is not difficult to supplement their evidence from sources
more extensive and equally decisive. While long poems in
*) I>orgeir’s line fa arma }j6& (Hkr. 624) is late enough (1086) to
*4mit of a metrical inaccuracy (cf. also fegn kvaddi Jegn, Hkr. 780).
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