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Craigie: Skaldic Metre.
C 3a
I. Bors nidjar felfk bedju
II. par’s goltin spjor gullu
III. lit heyri’k svan sveita
Similar variations occur in C 4 (§ 15)
C 3b
Gauts bragda spa sagdu
hdtt vapna brak mdtti
C 4b
grams fall d see cdlan
stinn jam af sbk minni
C 4a
I. Lind sprakk i rytn randa
II. en tdlf af glad Gyl/a
III. Mod fell en vas vadi
In C 5 the monosyllable in the fourth place forms a
compound with the foot following it, so that the line ends
with ^w (§ 17); naturally the type is most common in
second lines.
G 5a
sverd fylgir menmyrdir
0 5b (and C 5b*)
armdags en litfagra.
gladar pengill hcrdrengi.
dddmilds ok Gunnhildar.
In conclusion, I desire again to emphasize the fact that
this article is primarily an enquiry into the real structure
of dr6ttkvaett verse, and the forms of fornyrdislag which
agree most closely with skaldic practice. As to the origin
of the elaborate rules observed (and very rarely broken) by
all good skalds, their ultimate relation to common Germanic
types, their actual significance for the history of Old
Northern poetic literature, and various other problems of
importance, — all this has yet to be considered; so far as I can
judge, the facts of the case demand a strict re-examination
of the views at present in favour.
Oxford, May 11, 1899. w. A. Oraigie.
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