Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 14’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 508.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rann — of þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
{Gollkennir} lét bundit saman gunni fyr vestan Lundún; {leyfðr Þundr {hests grœðis}} vá til landa. Ulfkell fekk ýglig hǫgg, þars bláar eggjar skulfu of þingamǫnnum; {regn {rekka Þorins}} rann.
‘The gold-master [GENEROUS MAN = Eiríkr] joined battle west of London; the celebrated Þundr <= Óðinn> of the horse of the sea [SHIP > SEAFARER = Eiríkr] won lands by fighting. Ulfcytel received terrible blows, where dark blades shook over the þingamenn; the rain of the men of Þorinn <dwarf> [DWARFS > POETRY] streamed. ’
In Hkr, ÓH, and ÓT, Eiríkr joins Knútr in England and is with him at the conquest of London. Eiríkr slays Úlfkell snillingr in battle, west of London. In Knýtl’s account (the more historically accurate), Eiríkr leaves his ships, engages Úlfkell in battle, and puts him to flight.
[1-4]: That the two warrior-kennings in this helmingr refer to Eiríkr is suggested by the context of a poem about Eiríkr and by the prose Context (above), but historically the reference could be to Knútr.
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Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rǫnn — of þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gullkeɴir lét guɴi | grøðis hestz fyr vestan | þundr va leyfðr til landa | lundun saman bunndit | fec regnþorins reka | rꜹnn um þinga monnum | yglig høɢ þar er eɢiar | ulfkell blár sculfo.
(KS)
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
†lundv† saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rǫnn — of þinga†-monno†,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggja,
Ulfkell, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lézk †gúni†
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr †va(nn)† lýðr,†ly[…]† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekja
rǫnn — af þinga†mennum†,
œgligt hǫgg, þars †eggar†,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorin rekka
rǫnn — of þingamǫnnum,
†Ogligt† hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
†Gullkennr† lét gunni
(†grvdiz† hest) fyr vestan
(þýðr vá lýðs til láða)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn †-þoris† reka
rann — of þingamǫnnum,
†æygligt hog†, þars eggja,
Ulfkell, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(þýðr vá lýðs til láða)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn †-þoris† rekka
rann — of þingamǫnnum,
†œygligt† hǫgg, þars eggja,
Ulfkell, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(þýðr vá lýðs til láða)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(þýðr var lýðs til láða)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œgligt hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
gekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rǫnn — of þingamǫnnum,
†yglis† hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lézk þú golli
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorin rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
†o᷎glis† hǫggs, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rǫnn — of þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
golls kennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekkum
runn — of þingamǫnnum,
†vgligt† hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — †reg-† Þorins rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
†yggug hog†, þars eggja,
Ulfkel, blá skulfu.
golls kennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — hregg †þornis† rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, †vid lar† skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorin rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorin rekka
rǫnn — of þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
( vá leyfðr til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn Þorins rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ýglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, bláar skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá †leyfr† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá †leyfr† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá †leyfr† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hests) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá †leyfr† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorinn rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
œglig hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkels, blá skulfu.
Gollkennir lét gunni
(grœðis hest) fyr vestan
(Þundr vá †leyfur† til landa)
Lundún saman bundit.
Fekk, — regn -þorin rekka
rǫnn — af þingamǫnnum,
ok hǫgg, þars eggjar,
Ulfkell, bláar skulfu.
Skj: Þórðr Kolbeinsson, 3. Eiríksdrápa 11: AI, 216, BI, 206, Skald I, 107-8, NN §§585, 964, 2466A; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 33, IV, 115-16, ÍF 27, 31-2, Hkr 1991, I, 271 (ÓHHkr ch. 25); ÓH 1941, I, 55 (ch. 28); ÓT 1958-2000, II, 316 (ch. 266), Flat 1860-8, I, 561; JÓ 1741, 26-7, Knýtl 1919-25, 47, ÍF 35, 117-18 (ch. 15).
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