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272 KIRSTEN WOLF OG JULIAN M. D’ARCY SKÍRNIR
30. „Our annalist has not left the scene altogether unvaried [...] such inci-
dents, indeed, make an invariable part of the history of a rude age.“
31. „This Thorarinn refused, alleging that neither was the search demand-
ed duly authorized by law, nor were the proper witnesses cited to be
present, nor did Thorbiorn offer any sufficient pledge of security
when claiming the exercise of so hazardous a privilege."
32. „ . . . septum præterea ovile intra saxetum exstruas.“
33. „They were extremely exhausted, as was common with persons of
their condition, whose profuse expenditure of strength and spirits
induced a proportional degree of relaxation after severe labour."
34. „It seems to have been the object of the poet to convert every line into
a sort of riddle, for the exercise of the ingenuity of the hearer, who was
thus obliged to fight his way from one verse to another, having, for his
sole reward, the pleasure of penetrating mystery and conquering stud-
ied obscurity.“ TilvitnuníBatho, „Scott as Mediaevalist“,bls. 151-52.
35. Batho, „Scott as Mediaevalist“, bls. 155.
36. Edith Batho, „Sir Walter Scott and the Sagas: Some Notes“, Modern
Language Review XXIV (1929), bls. 411.
37. Simpson, „Eyrbyggja Saga“, bls. 377-8.
38. Buchan, bls. 108.
39. Buchan, bls. 109.
40. Buchan, bls. 106.
41. Nánar um þessi fjárhagsvandræði, sjá Johnson, bls. 412-18.
42. Fjárhagslega séð var nafnleynd ekki svo vitlaus. Hefði Waverley selst
illa hefði það vel getað eyðilagt mannorð Scotts (ef Ijóst hefði verið að
hann væri höfundurinn) og þar með sölumöguleika á verkum hans í
framtíðinni.
43. Johnson, bls. 429.
44. Til dæmis athugasemdir hans um hlutverk og skapgerð Snorra goða;
sbr. Vésteinn Olason, „Nokkrar athugasemdir um Eyrbyggja sögu“,
Skírnir 1971, bls. 5-25.
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