Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson (Ólhv)

13th century; volume 2; ed. Lauren Goetting;


Skj poems:
1. Et digt om kong Hákon
2. Et hrynhent digt
3. Árónsdrápa
4. Af et digt om Thomas Becket
5. Lausavísur

prose works

The Third Grammatical Treatise (TGT) - 330

The Third Grammatical TreatiseTGT


32 — Ólhv, TGT §2.10

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Cite as: Not published: do not cite (Ólhv, TGT §2.10)


Samstǫfur hafa hæð í hljóðsgrein, en breidd í anda, lengd í tíma, þvíat hver samstafa er annat hvárt hvǫss eða þung eða umbeygilig.

(Syllables have height in their accent and breadth in their aspiration, length in their quantity because each syllable is either acute or grave or circumflex.)

editions: Skj Not in Skj;


AM 748 I b 4° (A) 1v, 24 - 1v, 26 (Gramm)  transcr.  image  image  
AM 242 fol (W) 95, 20 - 95, 22 (Gramm)  transcr.  image  image  image  
AM 757 a 4° (B) 1r, 47 - 1r, 48 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  image  image  