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Eilífr Goðrúnarson (Eil)

10th century; volume 3; ed. Edith Marold;

1. Þórsdrápa (Þdr) - 23

2. Hákonar drápa jarls (Hákdr) - 0

3. Fragment (Frag) - 1

Skj info: Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Islandsk skjald, omkr. 1000. (AI, 148-52, BI, 139-44).

Skj poems:
1. Et digt om Hakon jarl
2. Þórsdrápa
3. Af et kristeligt digt

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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

Full edition, translation and commentary for this verse can be found in the printed volume III, p. 83. See the Brepols website for more information. The text below is from a superseded edition (Skj where relevant). Do not refer to this site when using the text below.

4 — Eil Þdr 4III

Cite as: Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 83.

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Vôru vǫtn ok mýrar,
verðr hitt at þau skerða,
svell vas áðr of alla,
ál, torráðin, hvála.

texts: ‹TGT 9›, ‹TGT 58 [4-4]›, ‹Gramm 11›, ‹Gramm 60›

editions: Skj Eilífr kúlnasveinn: 2. Lausavísa(?) (AI, 573; BI, 566); Skald 274, NN §1216; SnE 1848-87, II, 102-3, 406, 416, 509, TGT 1884, 65, 169-73, TGT 1927, 44, 63, 91-2.

sources

AM 242 fol (W) 101, 15 - 101, 16 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  image  
AM 757 a 4° (B) 2v, 14 - 2v, 15 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  image  image  
AM 748 I b 4° (A*) 3v, 24 - 3v, 25 (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  
AM 748 I b 4° (A*) 5v, 31 - 5v, 32 [4-4] (TGT)  transcr.  image  image  
AM 744 4°x (744x) 9r, 10 - 9r, 13 (TGT)  image  image  
AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) 82v, 2 - 82v, 5 (Skáldatal)  image  

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