From: Gunnora Hallakarva
Message: 229
Date: 2000-12-05
> Otherwise, why would one need to tell fellowRemember also that the Viking Age is generally considered to end
> speakers of the language how many syllables there
> were in a line in their own common language?
>
> It seems more like Icelanders of Snorri's time
> would have otherwise assumed the line had seven
> syllables, if not for Snorri going to the trouble
> to point out to them that it had only six *when
> pronounced traditionally*.