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Craigie: Skaldic Metre. 363
§ 19. In the case of second lines of the above form
the first syllable regularly contains one of the hendings (see
the examples above), the only exception in Skjaldekvad
being Egil’s seicf ofagran vigra. If we now turn to the lines
in which the first syllable has not full stress, the position of
the first hending becomes a matter of primary importance
for the metrical interpretation of these lines. If Prof. Sie-
vers were right in assigning them to his C-type (x — | — X),
the hending might as well be in the second as in the third
syllable. A few examples, taken straight forward from
Skjaldekvad, will show how the case really stands.
til mjdSgjarnir fornir
at primreynis pjonar
i dctfmiskunn fiska
of hrcesolli gjalla
ne Urollaugi fljuga
of kerstraumi rdmu
at Hdfatu grjoti
viS hugfullan stilli
pa’s ostirfinn arfa
It is unnecessary to multiply instances: of all the lines of
this type in Skjaldekvad only two form exceptions to the
general rule. These are Einar’s line, 18 nu’s afrendra jofra
and Bjorn’s, 31 pvtat armleggjar orma, but the latter is
perhaps corrupt, as the MS. has dagleggjar (not dagbayar) in
the following line.
Two facts must therefore be taken into account in
deciding on the metrical value of these lines, (1) the shortness
of the first element in the compound, and (2) the position
of the hending. These clearly point to one result, and the
scheme can hardly be anything but ^ ^ | J- ^ \ J~ ^; here again
the two secondary stresses make up a full one, and the line
is only a variation of the normal J. ^\J-^\s ^.
It is not a serious argument against this view that in
a few cases the first element of the compound in actually
long. In the following list I give every such line which
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