Eskál Vell 8I
Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 8’ 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. 292.
text and translation
Mart varð él, áðr, Ála,
austr lǫnd at mun banda
randar lauks af ríki,
rœkilundr of tœki.
{Mart él Ála} varð, áðr {rœkilundr {lauks randar}} of tœki lǫnd austr af ríki at mun banda.
‘Many a storm of Áli <sea-king> [BATTLE] came about before the tending-tree of the leek of the shield [SWORD > WARRIOR] took the lands in the east by force at the will of the gods. ’
notes and context
See st. 6.
[1]: (a) Almost all interpreters, including the present ed., have accepted the division of the line Mart varð él, áðr, Ála ‘many a storm came about, before, of Áli’; cf. Reichardt (1928, 154-5). (b) Kock (NN §396, followed by Ohlmarks 1958, 366) suggests a simpler solution in which él ‘storm’ is translated as ‘battle’ and Ála collocates with austrlǫnd ‘the eastern lands’ in the following line as a kenning for Norway. But Ála must be the determinant of the battle-kenning, because él alone is not known to signify ‘battle’; see LP: él. The kenning austrlǫnd Ála is also unlikely (see Reichardt 1928, 154-5; Reichardt 1930, 241). (c) Kuhn (1929b, 201), also seeking to avoid a tripartite line, attaches Ála to lauks randar ‘leek of the shield’, the determinant of rœkilundr ‘tending tree’, but that similarly creates an overdetermined kenning while leaving él ‘battle’ without a determinant.
readings
- [1] él: ek 325IX 1 a, Bb
- [2] banda: branda J1ˣ, J2ˣ
- [3] randar: rauðar Bb
- [4] ‑lundr: corrected from ‑sundr J2ˣ
- [4] of: ef Bb
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) — 112v/27 - 113r/1
imagesMart varþ el aðr ala | ꜹstr lꜹnd at mun banda | randar lꜹcs af riki || rø̨kilundr um tǫki |
(KS)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 3vb/25 - 3vb/27
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AM 45 fol (F) — 19vb/10 - 19vb/12
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AM 37 folx (J1x) — 67v/19 - 67v/20
Mart varð él, áðr, Ála,
images
austr lǫnd at mun branda
randar lauks af ríki,
rœkilundr of tœki. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 65r/13 - 65r/16
Mart varð él, áðr, Ála,
images
austr lǫnd at mun branda
randar lauks af ríki,
rœki of tœki. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 7rb/7 - 7rb/9
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AM 325 IX 1 a 4° (325IX 1 a) — 3ra/22 - 3ra/24
Mart varð ek, áðr, Ála,
images
austr lǫnd at mun banda
randar lauks af ríki,
rœkilundr of tœki. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 9va/31 - 9va/32
imagesMart varð ek, áðr, Ála,
austr lǫnd at mun banda
rauðar lauks af ríki,
rœkilundr ef tœki.Mart vard ek adr ala austr lǫnd ath mun banda | raudar lauks af riki rækí lundr ef tækí.
(KS)
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