Jón Helgason. „Ek bar sauð“

• Author: Jón Helgason
• Title: "Ek bar sauð"
• Published in: Acta Philologica Scandinavica 23/1
• Year: 1957
• Pages: 94-96
• E-text:
• Reference: Jón Helgason. "Ek bar sauð." Acta Philologica Scandinavica 23/1 (1957): 94–96.

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• Key words: poetry, language and style (kveðskapur, mál og stíll)

Annotation

The phrase "ek bar sauð" in the strophe Egill composes after killing Atli is explained as a pun.

Lýsing

Úrskýring á orðalaginu "ek bar sauð" í kvæði sem Egill yrkir eftir víg Atla hins skamma er útskýrt sem tvíræður orðaleikur.

References

Chapter 67: eg bar sauð: "The phrase ek ber sauð in Egil’s strophe, Egils saga Ch. 65, is explained as a pun: ek bar = bark; sauð = á (acc. af ær, f. ‘ewe’), the whole phrase thus = barká = barka ‘throat’. In support of the equation barká = barka the author adduces two parallels from the first and third grammatical treatises" (p. 96).

Links

• Written by: Katelin Parsons
• Icelandic translation: Katelin Parsons