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Craigie: Skaldic Metre.
361
Ingjaldi, Hdrfagra, Buseyru, Sigvalda (2), Danmarkar} KoU
famiij Sviftjodu, Aleifi (2), Klifsandi, England*, Rognvaldi,
Ogmundar, Astrifri (all in second lines). In these cases the
first syllable taken by itself is of all possible types (1) Dan-,
KoL, %-, (2) Vi-, Svt, (3) Gunnr, R6gn-, (4) Stein-, Hdr-.
But let us look at the remaining examples:
18 glaSar pengill hevdrengi (Second line)
19 Bui gehk meet hugrekki „
28 armdags en litfagra „
31 sverfi fylgir menmyrcti (First line).
These four instances are significant enough: the first element
of the compound has in every case a short vowel, and the
type of line is exactly the same as it would be if we had
her drengi} hug rekki etc. But four examples are scarcely
sufficient to establish a point of so much importance as
this will prove itself to be: let us therefore take the examples
quoted by Prof. Sievers in Beitrage VIII. 75.
aWs lagra kyvfrcegjum Egill.
tveim einum oelmeina Hkr. 88.
orrostur stojtporrinn „ 231.
engr tnannr und skfranni „ 323.
alt hefr sd’s {jorvaltan „ 416.
allbratt at fjorldti „ 446.
gunnoflugr miskunnar Geisli 1.
yr dregst vut skotskurum H&ttatal 16 (17)
ne ran viS h&fhreinum ,, 19 (20).
The united evidence of these lines can hardly be called in
question: strict metre evidently required that the first element
of a compound in this position should be short, i. e. the line
ought to end with ^ | J- ^. From this absolute rule, however,
proper names were excepted *), and we have seen above that
this type of line was mainly employed when it was
necessary to use a proper name. The reason for avoiding it as
a rule in other cases probably was that there was a kind
’) The frequency of such exceptions may explain the rare occurrence
of lines like $6rm63’s arms torg i skfaldborgu (F6stbr. s. p. 86); compare
the exceptions in the next section (d Yk&ussprengi Hrungnis, etc.)
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