[2] Eireki ‘Eiríkr’: Eiríkr blóðøx; see Introduction. Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SnE 1848-87, II, 145 n. 6) suspected a reference to Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson (r. c. 1000-c. 1014), but this is rejected by Finnur Jónsson (ibid., III, 444). Eirekr is an early form of the name Eiríkr; it is secured by a rhyme on snekk- in Gsind Hákdr 7/8I.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- Internal references
- Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Guthormr sindri, Hákonardrápa 7’ 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. 166.