![]() ![]() The first, second and fourth of the grammatical treatises are anonymous the third is the work of Snorri’s nephew, Óláfr Þórðarson. Heusler 1908, 12 von See 1988, 29 1990, 122 Clunies Ross 1987, 12, on the other hand, regards the prologue as an important key to the conception of the Edda – for further literature see there). Snorri’s authorship is generally accepted for Gylf, Skm and Ht, but some scholars dispute his authorship of the Prologue (e.g. A ( SnE 1848-87, II, 427-8), Snorri is mentioned as the author of Skm. ![]() ![]() hana hevir saman setta snorri sturlo sonr ‘This book is called Edda. Snorri’s authorship of SnE is confirmed by a remark at the beginning of ms. W has an additional four grammatical treatises with a unique Preface to them, which are inserted between Skm and Ht. All complete mss (R, Tˣ, W, U but not the fragments A, B, C) contain a Prologue followed by Gylfaginning ‘the Delusion of Gylfi’ ( Gylf), Skáldskaparmál ‘the Diction of Poetry’ ( Skm) and Háttatal ‘Enumeration of Verse-forms’ ( Ht). Snorra Edda ( SnE) is the name given to a collection of several texts which have different authors and originated at different times. ![]()
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