Talk:Rímur

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[edit] From Vfd

dic def. Move to Wiktionary. - UtherSRG 14:01, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Keep. Could be turned into a respectable article, given time. —Frecklefoot 15:22, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)
A perfect example of why "dictionary definition" should not be grounds for deletion. How else can stubs begin? This is an important topic in the music of Iceland, probably made by someone following a redlink from that page. Smerdis of Tlön 15:27, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Looks a lot like the perfect stub. Warofdreams 15:30, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Keep, now a good stub. Earlier versions were deletable however as substubs IMO. Andrewa 16:13, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Keep stub -- Cyrius 20:25, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

A question. If anyone should ever decide to expand on the stub, he will need a technical term for a single stressed foot, since the metres of the rímur consist solely of these and trochees (with dactyls sometimes optional). The most basic metre of them all (ferskeytt) is, for instance:

/x /x /x /
/x /x /x
/x /x /x /
/x /x /x

So, what is the international term for a single stressed syllable, metrically speaking? Io 20:02, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

I altered the stub for clarity and corrected a fact or two. Right now, this is more of a declaration of intent than anything else. When time permits, which should be in June, I plan on writing a "proper" article (no promises of polished prose, however), something along the lines of: Definition, metrical forms, poetical language, history and poets. Cheers Io 11:58, 27 May 2004 (UTC)