Edáð Banddr 7I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyjólfr dáðaskáld, Bandadrápa 7’ 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. 466.
text and translation
Frák, hvar fleina sævar
fúrherðir styr gerði
endr í eyja sundi.
Eirekr und sik geira.
Hrauð fúrgjafall fjórar
folkmeiðr Dana skeiðar
— vér frôgum þat — vága.
Veðrmildr ok semr hildi.
Frák, hvar {{{fleina sævar} fúr}herðir} gerði endr styr í sundi eyja. Eirekr und sik geira … {Folkmeiðr}, {vága fúr}gjafall, hrauð fjórar skeiðar Dana; vér frôgum þat. Veðrmildr ok semr hildi …
‘I have heard where the hardener of the fire of the sea of barbs [(lit. ‘fire-hardener of the sea of barbs’) BLOOD > SWORD > WARRIOR = Eiríkr] again made war in the sound of islands. Eiríkr under himself of spears … The battle-tree [WARRIOR], bountiful with the fire of bays [(lit. ‘fire-bountiful of bays’) GOLD], cleared four warships of the Danes; we [I] have heard that. Storm-generous and contrives warfare … ’
notes and context
Hkr places sts 7 and 8 almost immediately after st. 6, as part of an account of Eiríkr’s raids on the Estonian districts of Aðalsýsla (Suuremaa, or mainland Estonia) and Eysýsla (Saaremaa in Estonian, Ösel in Swedish). Eiríkr captures four Danish warships and slaughters their crews.
Lines 4 and 8 belong to the klofastef ‘split refrain’ and stand outside the syntax of the stanza; see st. 9 and Notes.
readings
- [4] geira: so F, abbrev. as ‘g’ Kˣ, J1ˣ, J2ˣ
- [5] Hrauð: so J1ˣ, rauð Kˣ, F
- [8] Veðrmildr ok semr hildi: abbrev. as ‘v. m ok s. h.’ J1ˣ, J2ˣ
sources
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.
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AM 35 folx (Kx) — 200r/22 - 200v/1
imagesFrák, hvar fleina sævar
fúrherðir styr gerði
endr í eyja sundi.
Eirekr und sik .
rauð fúrgjafall fjórar
folkmeiðr Dana skeiðar
— vér frôgum þat — vága.
Veðrmildr ok semr hildi.Fra ec hvar fleina siá⸌æ⸍var | fúr herðir styr[35] gerði | endr i eyia sunde | Eirikr und sic geira g[36] | rꜹð fúr gia⸌
ꜳ⸍fall fiorar[37] | folcmeiðr[38] dana sceiðar | ver fragom þat vaga[39] || veðr mildr og semr hilldi[40] |(VEÞ)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 34ra/31 - 34ra/33
imagesFrák, hvar fleina sævar
fúrherðir styr gerði
endr í eyja sundi.
Eirekr und sik geira.
rauð fúrgjafall fjórar
folkmeiðr Dana skeiðar
— vér frôgum þat — vága.
Veðrmildr ok semr hildi.Fra ek hvar fleína siafar fv́r herðir styr gerði endr i eyia svndi | eirikr · vnd síg geíra · rꜹð fv́r gíafall fíorar folk meiðr | dana skeiðar ver frágvm þat vaga veðr milldr ok semr hilldi . |
(VEÞ)
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AM 37 folx (J1x) — 123r/9 - 123r/13
imagesFrák, hvar fleina sævar
fúrherðir styr gerði
endr í eyja sundi.
Eirekr und sik .
Hrauð fúrgjafall fjórar
folkmeiðr Dana skeiðar
— vér frôgum þat — vága.
.Fra ek hvar flein | a sæfar fur herþir styr gerþe enðr i eyia sunðe | eiʀikr vnd sik ·g· hrꜹðfur giafall fiorar | folkmeiðr dana skeidar ver fragum þat vaga | v. m ok s. h.
(VEÞ)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 109r - 109r
Frák, hvar fleina sævar
images
fúrherðir styr gerði
endr í eyja sundi.
Eirekr und sik .
Hrauð fúrgjafall fjórar
folkmeiðr Dana skeiðar
— vér frôgum þat — vága.
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