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352 Saga-Book of the Viking Society
The compiler's version of Sg. 53/5-8, the first part of
Brynhild's dying prophecy in which she tells Gunnar that
things will go ill with him, even though she dies, appears
after his paraphrase of Sg. 39 in the middle of her first
speech after Sigurd's death, from which her original
reference to her own death (Sg. 40/5-8) is omitted (VS
60/2-3)·
The compiler's fusion of Akv. with Am. and his probable
introduction of material from Siguroar saga in this part of
his narrative has caused a slight rearrangement in the
order of some of the early Am. stanzas, viz. Am. 1-5,
Am. 8 (followed by Akv. 2-8), Am. 9, Am. 6 (followed by
material presumably derived from Siguroar saga), Am. 7
(VS 65/6 - 66/8).
Am. 26 which tells of Glaumvor's dream of a river is
placed after Am. 14 and thus transferred to Kostbera
(VS 66/28).
The consideration of Am. 26 leads to a further point.
Not only is it transferred, it is also repeated, for a slightly
different version of it appears some few lines earlier (VS
66/23). In short, Kostbera twice dreams the same or
a very similar dream - to little purpose.
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There are a very few further examples of repetition.
Two versions of Fm. 10/1-3 appear: in VS 31/31 where it
is to be expected, and in VS 32/28 where it is a repetition,
but reasonable in the context. Fm. 25/4-6 appears twice:
VS 33/7-8 where it is to be expected, and VS 33/20-21
which is a quite needless repetition. There is an element
of repetition VS 34/5-12 which seems due to the transference
of details from Fm. 42-44 to this point of the
narration.
Finally, Sg. 20/1-2 are used in VS 57/29-30, and seem to
be repeated in VS 58/7, though the source of the passage
in which the latter instance occurs is lost.