Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 11’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 442-3.
Eirekr náði útan fœra
erkistól of Saxa merki;
hljótum vér, þats hag várn bœtir,
hingat norðr at skjǫldungs orðum.
Eirekr náði fœra útan erkistól of merki Saxa; vér hljótum hingat norðr at orðum skjǫldungs, þats bœtir hag várn.
‘Eiríkr was able to bring back from abroad an archbishopric over the border of the Saxons; we receive here in the north according to the king’s bidding that which improves our [spiritual] situation.’
This helmingr and the next document Eiríkr’s good relations with Pope Paschalis (but see the Note to l. 2 below) and the Pope granting Eiríkr’s request to establish an archbishopric in Denmark.
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.
Eirekr náði útan fœra
erkistól of Saxa merki;
hljótu vér, þats hag várn bœtir,
hingat norðr af skjǫldungs orðum.
Eirikr nadi utan færa | Erki-stol um Saxa merki: | hliotu ver þat er hag varn bætir | hingad nordr af skiölldungs ordum |
(JC)
Eirekr náði útan fœra
erkistól of Saxa merki;
hljótu vér, þats hag várn bœtir,
hingat norðr af skjǫldungs orðum.
Eirkir nadi utan føra Erkistol um Saxamerki hliotu uer þat er haguarn bøtir hingad nordr af skiolldungs ordum.
(VEÞ)
Eirekr náði útan fœra
erkistól of Saxa merki;
hljótu vér, þats hag várn bœtir,
hingat norðr at skjǫldungs orðum.
Eiʀikr naði | vtan fo᷎ra erkistol um saxa merki. hliotu ver þat er hagvarn bø᷎tir hingatnorðr at skiolldungs || orðum
(JC)
Eirekr náði útan at fœra
erkistól of Saxa merki;
hljótum vér, þats hag várn bœtir,
hingat norðr at skjǫldungs orðum.
Eiʀikr nade utan ad færa erki stol um saxa merke hliotum uer þat er hag uorn bætir · híngat nordr ad ski | olldungs ordum.
(JC)
Eyrykur nädi | vtan ad færa. Erki stöl vm Saxa merki. hliotum | vier þad er hag vorn bæter. hingad nordur ad skiolld|ungz Ordum
(TW)
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