Eilífr Goðrúnarson (Eil)
10th century; volume 3; ed. Edith Marold;
1. Þórsdrápa (Þdr) - 23
2. Hákonar drápa jarls (Hákdr) - 0
3. Fragment (Frag) - 1
Hardly anything is known about the life of Eilífr Goðrúnarson (Eil). According to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 256, 266, 280), he was active as a skald at the court of Hákon jarl Sigurðarson in Norway around the end of the tenth century. Some scholars have argued that a word-play in a stanza preserved in Skm (SnE) conceals the name of Hákon jarl, thus confirming the information of Skáldatal, but the present edition, following Lie (1976, 399) is sceptical of that hypothesis (see Þdr 23, Note to [All]). Eilífr’s only surviving works are the long poem Þórsdrápa (Eil Þdr, 23 stanzas) and one fragment of a Christian poem (Eil Frag).
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Þórsdrápa —
Eil ÞdrIII
Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2017, ‘(Introduction to) Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 68.
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Skj: Eilífr Goðrúnarson: 2. Þórsdrápa (AI, 148-52, BI, 139-44); stanzas (if different): 4 |
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Cite as: Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 96. unz með ýta sinni
— aflraun vas þat — skaunar
á seilhimin sjóla
sjalflopta kom Þjalfi.
Œddu stáli stríðan
straum Hrekkmímis ekkjur;
stophnísu fór steypir
stríðlundr með vǫl Gríðar. | unz Þjalfi kom sjalflopta á {seilhimin} sjóla með {sinni {ýta skaunar}}; þat vas aflraun. {Ekkjur Hrekkmímis} œddu straum stríðan stáli; {steypir {stophnísu}} fór stríðlundr með vǫl Gríðar. until Þjálfi came hovering through the air on {the strap-sky} [SHIELD] of the ruler with {the helper {of the launchers of the shield}} [WARRIORS > LEADER = Þórr]; it was a test of strength. {The widows of Hrekkmímir <giant>} [GIANTESSES] infuriated the stream, harsh against the weapon; {the overcomer {of the cliff-porpoise}} [GIANTESS > = Þórr] went stubbornly with the staff of Gríðr <troll-woman>.
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texts: ‹Skm 82›,
‹SnE 84› editions: Skj Eilífr Goðrúnarson: 2. Þórsdrápa 9 (AI, 150; BI, 141); Skald I, 77, NN §§453, 1507, 1832; SnE 1848-87, I, 296-7, III, 31, SnE 1931, 108, SnE 1998, I, 27.
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