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ÞKolb Eirdr 17I

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 17’ 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. 513.

Þórðr KolbeinssonEiríksdrápa
1617

text and translation

Óð, en œrnu náði
íms sveit Freka hveiti,
— Gera ǫlðra naut gylðir —
Gjalpar stóð í blóði.

{Stóð Gjalpar} óð í blóði, en {sveit íms} náði {œrnu hveiti Freka}; gylðir naut {ǫlðra Gera}.
 
‘The stud-horses of Gjǫlp <giantess> [WOLVES] waded in blood, and the company of the wolf [WOLVES] gained plentiful wheat of Freki <wolf> [CORPSES]; the wolf enjoyed the ales of Geri <wolf> [BLOOD].

notes and context

This helmingr is cited in SnE (Skm) in a section exemplifying heiti and kennings for ‘wolves’.

In U, the skald is named as Þjóðólfr. — [2, 3] Freka; Gera ‘Freki; Geri’: The wolves of Óðinn (Grí 19), here used as generic heiti referring to the wolves of the battlefield. Both names mean ‘greedy’ (Þul Vargs 1/1, 5III).

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Þórðr Kolbeinsson, 3. Eiríksdrápa 14: AI, 217, BI, 206, Skald I, 108, NN §726; SnE 1848-87, I, 480, II, 350, 455, 538, 594, SnE 1931, 169, SnE 1998, I, 88, 210.

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