Rið-henda

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "rið-henda"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

rið-henda

u, f. [riða], a kind of metre, a specimen of which is Ht. 32; in the even lines the rhyming syllables are as far apart as possible, but in the odd lines as close to one another as possible, which gives a ‘trembling,’ ‘rocking’ cadence in recitation.

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