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Craigie: Skaldic Metre.
388
In B 2 the difference of first and second lines depends on
the treatment of the first syllable: in first lines this must be
lightened to & or -*-.
B 2 a (rare)
p&’s forns Litar flotna
en Sveinn konungr sunnan
pvVt ungr konungr engi
The same rule applies to B
B 3a
es dokkvalir drekka
kveftr oddviti oddum
mi’s alfroctull alfar
ok santdega sunnan
B 2b
lands folk bifask randir
sverSs min fafiir herSu
hlutu peir bana fleiri
B 3b
ullr geirvaSils peira
fljott vinkonu sinni
farmr dolgsvolu barma
slang fjandlega augu.
With long syllable in the third place these become
B 3a*
i lyptingu lengi
B 3 b*
hrtit kerlingar sidu
Where the line begins with a word of four syllables
either — w or ^^ are admissible, so that the types are
B 4 bldfjalladan gjalla
B 4* herstefnandi hrofnum
C-lines.
In these the fourth place is filled by a single word which
may have the values ^, —, or ^ a..
C lb
helgengnir for dvelja
horSmterar she fara
C 2b
Ola (and 0 1 a*)
hrodrdeilir bad heilan
brdmdni skein brum
C 2 a (rare)
folkrakkr of vant fylkis
vidlendr of baS vinda
dolgbands fyr ver handan
allvaldr d see kaldan
Lines which might be expected to occur as C 2 a or C 2 a*
are usually employed only as second lines; see § 15 above.
The type C 3 admits of considerable variation in the
form of first lines (see § 16 above); when necessary these
may be distinguished by the addition of the Roman
numerals i, n, m.
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