Eyjólfr dáðaskáld (Edáð)
11th century; volume 1; ed. Russell Poole;
Bandadrápa (Banddr) - 9
Eyjólfr dáðaskáld (Edáð) is named among the skalds of Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson of Hlaðir (Lade) in the text of Skáldatal in ms. 761aˣ (SnE 1848-87, III, 256). The U text numbers him among the skalds of Sveinn jarl Hákonarson but not Eiríkr (ibid., 266); this, however, is without corroboration from other sources and probably due to a simple error of transposition (though see Ohlmarks 1958, 145). Eyjólfr’s nickname may derive from his poetry in praise of the dáðir ‘deeds’ of Eiríkr jarl (ÍF 26, 249 n. 1), whose career spanned the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. No traces of poetry by Eyjólfr concerning any other rulers survive and nothing is otherwise known about his life or lineage.
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Bandadrápa (‘Drápa of the gods’)
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Edáð BanddrI
Russell Poole 2012, ‘ Eyjólfr dáðaskáld, Bandadrápa’ 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. 454. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1158> (accessed 26 June 2022)
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Skj: Eyjólfr dáðaskáld: Bandadrápa, omkr. 1010 (AI, 200-2, BI, 190-2)
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Cite as: Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyjólfr dáðaskáld, Bandadrápa 9’ 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. 468. Dregr land at mun banda
Eirekr und sik geira
veðrmildr ok semr hildi
[gunnblíðr, ok ræðr síðan
jarl goðvǫrðu hjarli].
| Eirekr dregr land und sik at mun banda, {geira veðr}mildr, ok semr hildi, [gunnblíðr, ok jarl ræðr síðan goðvǫrðu hjarli]. Eiríkr draws land under himself at the pleasure of the gods, generous with {the storm of spears} [(lit. ‘storm-generous of spears’) BATTLE], and contrives warfare, [rejoicing in battle, and the jarl rules since then the god-defended land].
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texts: ‹Skm 307›,
‹SnE 309› editions: Skj Eyjólfr dáðaskáld: Bandadrápa 9 (AI, 202; BI, 192); NN §1853A; SnE 1848-87, I, 468-9, II, 340, 447, 591, SnE 1931, 165, SnE 1998, I, 84.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) |
36v, 29 - 36v, 30 [1-3] |
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Traj 1374x (Tx) |
38r, 33 - 38r, 34 [1-3] |
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DG 11 (U) |
36r, 21 - 36r, 21 [1-1] |
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AM 748 I b 4° (A) |
12v, 27 - 12v, 28 [1-3] |
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AM 748 II 4° (C) |
6r, 10 - 6r, 10 [1-2] |
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