fornyrðislag

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse fornyrðislag. === Noun === fornyrðislag (uncountable) An Old Norse alliterative verse form used largely in the Poetic Edda, consisting of two lifts per half-line. == Old Norse == === Etymology === forn (“ancient”) +‎ yrði (“words”) +‎ lag (“air, tune”), “air of ancient words”. === Noun === fornyrðislag n (poetry) fornyrðislag meter ==== Declension ====