Eilífr kúlnasveinn (Ekúl)
12th century; volume 3; ed. Margaret Clunies Ross;
Lausavísa (Lv) - 0
1. Kristsdrápa (Kristdr) - 4
2. Fragment (Frag) - 1
Three helmingar and one couplet are attributed to an Eilífr kúlnasveinn (Ekúl) in mss R, Tˣ, W, U and A of Skm (SnE). No other poetry by this skald is known, aside from a stanza in FoGT that is said there to be by an Eilífr, and is likely to be by this same poet. Nothing is known of Eilífr’s life, but he is usually assumed to have been an Icelander living at some time in the twelfth century. His nickname kúlnasveinn may mean ‘Fellow with lumps’ (Lind 1920-1, col. 225).
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Kristsdrápa (‘Drápa of Christ’)
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Ekúl KristdrIII
Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘ Eilífr kúlnasveinn, Kristsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 130. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1175> (accessed 19 May 2022)
stanzas: 1
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Skj: Eilífr kúlnasveinn: 1. Kristsdrápa(?), el. brudstykker af digte(?). (AI, 572, BI, 565-6); stanzas (if different): 5(?)
SkP info: III, 132 | |
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Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr kúlnasveinn, Kristsdrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 132. Hirð lýtr himna dýrðar
hrein Máríu sveini;
môtt viðr mildingr dróttar
— maðrs hann ok goð — sannan.
| {Hrein hirð dýrðar himna} lýtr {sveini Máríu}; {mildingr dróttar} viðr sannan môtt; hann [e]s maðr ok goð. {The pure retinue of the glory of the heavens} [ANGELS] bows {to the son of Mary} [= Christ]; {the prince of the host} [= God (= Christ)] achieves true power; he is man and God.
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texts: ‹LaufE 86 (365)›,
‹Skm 274›,
‹SnE 276› editions: Skj Eilífr kúlnasveinn: 1. Kristsdrápa(?), el. brudstykker af digte(?). 2 (AI, 572; BI, 565); Skald I, 274, NN §§1214, 2112B, 2990K; SnE 1848-87, I, 448-9, II, 334, 445, III, 90, SnE 1931, 159, SnE 1998, I, 77.
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| GKS 2367 4° (R) |
35v, 15 - 35v, 16 |
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| Traj 1374x (Tx) |
37r, 9 - 37r, 9 |
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| AM 242 fol (W) |
80, 31 - 81, 1 |
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| DG 11 (U) |
34v, 6 - 34v, 7 |
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| AM 748 I b 4° (A) |
12r, 33 - 12r, 35 |
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| AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) |
85r, 7 - 85r, 10 |
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