ljóðaháttr

ljóðaháttr

Old Norse

Examples
An example of ljóðaháttr is the well-known phrase from the Hávamál: Deyr fé deyja frændr deyr sjálfr et sama[1]

Etymology

ljóða +‎ háttr

Noun

ljóðaháttr m

1. an Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Eddas, consistenting of a repeating structure of two lines with two lifts and then one line with three lifts; the first two lines alliterate with each other, and the third alliterates internally

References

1. Larrington, Carolyne. (Trans.) (1999) The Poetic Edda, page 77. Oxford World's Classics →ISBN