The Meters of Old Norse Eddic Poetry

A formal and functional study of the three meters of Old Norse eddic poetry, fornyrdislag, malahattr, and ljodahattr, this book provides their systematic account (synchronic, diachronic, and from a comparative Germanic perspective). With thorough data presentation, detailed philological analysis, and sophisticated linguistic explanation, it will be of interest to Germanic philologists/linguists, medievalists, and metrists of all persuasions.