[8] á alla danska tungu ‘in the whole Norse [lit. Danish] tongue’: I.e. ‘wherever the Norse tongue is spoken’; an idiom referring to the Scandinavian peoples whose common language was recognised to be Norse. It does not mean ‘Danish’ in the modern sense. Cf. also Sigv Víkv 15/8I, Mark Eirdr 25/4II, Anon Lil 4/4. The use of tunga is possibly a grisly pun on the theme of the first helmingr.
References
- Internal references
- Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 566-7.
- Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 25’ 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. 454-5.
- Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 15’ 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. 554.