fornyrðislag
English
Etymology
From Old Norse.
Noun
fornyrðislag (uncountable)
- An Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Eddas, consisting of two lifts per half-line.
- 1967, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter 295:
- In return, I hope to send you, if I can lay my hands on it (I hope it isn't lost), a thing I did many years ago while trying to learn the art of writing alliterative poetry: an attempt to unify the lays about the Völsungs from the Elder Edda, written in the old eight-line fornyrðislag stanza.
- 1967, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter 295:
Old Norse
Etymology
forn + yrðis + lag
Noun
fornyrðislag n
- fornyrðislag