ESk Geisl 45VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 44.
text and translation
Nú fremr, þanns gaf gumnum,
gǫfug dyrð jǫfur fyrða,
(slǫng Eindriði ungi)
armglœðr (í brag rœðu).
Greitt má gumnum létta
guðs ríðari stríðum;
rǫskr þiggr allt, sem œskir,
Óláfr af gram sólar.
Nú fremr gǫfug dyrð {jǫfur fyrða}, þanns gaf gumnum {armglœðr}; Eindriði ungi slǫng rœðu í brag. {Guðs ríðari} má greitt létta stríðum gumnum; rǫskr Óláfr þiggr allt, sem œskir, af {gram sólar}.
‘Now excellent fame promotes the prince of men [= Óláfr], the one who gave men arm-embers [GOLD]; Eindriði ungi (‘the Young’) cast the story into the poem. God’s knight [SAINT = Óláfr] can easily alleviate afflictions for men; brave Óláfr gets all he desires from the king of the sun [= God].’
notes and context
readings
- [1] þanns (‘þann er’): so Bb, sá er Flat
- [2] jǫfur: konungr Bb
- [3] Eindriði: ‘ein riðe’ Bb
- [5-8] abbrev. as ‘G’ Flat
- [5, 6, 7, 8] Greitt má gumnum létta guðs ríðari stríðum rǫskr þiggr allt sem œskir Óláfr af gram sólar: ‘Greitt· m· g· l·’ Bb
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 2rb/20 - 2rb/20
Nú fremr, sá er gaf gumnum,
images
gǫfug dyrð jǫfur fyrða,
(slǫng Eindriði ungi)
armglœðr (í brag rœðu).
;
, ,
. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 118ra/5 - 118ra/6
Nú fremr, þanns gaf gumnum,
images
gǫfug dyrð konungr fyrða,
(slǫng †ein riðe† ungi)
armglœðr (í brag rœðu).
;
, ,
.
editions and texts
Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 6. Geisli 45: AI, 467, BI, 438, Skald I, 216; Flat 1860-8, I, 5, Cederschiöld 1873, 7, Chase 2005, 95, 154.
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