Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 14’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 164.
Like Frag 9-13 above, this helmingr (ESk Frag 14) also describes a sea-voyage, but the content does not make it clear whether it belonged to an encomium. It is preserved in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, W, U and B of Skm (SnE). Ms. B is now almost illegible, and 744ˣ has been used in its place. The full name of the poet is given in all mss. Jón Sigurðsson (SnE 1848-87, III, 354) assigned the half-stanza to Einarr’s panegyric about Sigurðr jórsalafari (ESk Sigdr III; see Introduction to Frag 2 above).
Viknar ramr í Rakna
reksaumr flugastraumi;
dúks hrindr bǫl, þars bleikir
bifgrund, á stag rifjum.
Ramr reksaumr viknar í {flugastraumi Rakna}; {bǫl dúks} hrindr rifjum á stag, þars {bifgrund} bleikir.
‘The strong seam of driven nails flexes in the cascade of Rakni <sea-king> [SEA]; the harm of the sail [WIND] forces the reefs against the stay, where the trembling ground [SEA] goes white. ’
As Frag 9-13 above.
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Viknar ramr í Rakna
reksaumr flugastraumi;
†dugs† hrindr bǫl, þar bleikir
bif-grundar, stag rifjum.
Viknar ramr í Rakna
reksaumr flugastraumi;
†dugs† hrindr bǫl, þars bleikir
bifgrund, á stag rifjum.
Viknar rammr í Rakna
reksaumr flugastraumi;
hrindr bǫl, þars bleikir
bifgrund, á stag rifjum.
Viknar †ran† í raknar
reksaumr flugastraumi;
dúks hrindr bǫl, þars bleikir
bifgrund, á stag †r[…]†.
Viknar ramr í Rakna
rek-saums flugastraumi;
dags hrindr bǫl, þars bleikir
bifgrund, á stag †rífín†.
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