Note to Mark Eirdr 23^II

[2] skrýddar virki ‘adorned with artwork’: The translation of virki ‘with artwork’ is conjectural. Skj B gives med “virke” (kunstige prydelser?) ‘with “virke” (artful decorations?)’, and ÍF 35 explains skrýddar smíði, fagurlega skreyttar ‘adorned with craft, beautifully decorated’. LP: virki has ‘kunstnerisk udførte genstande’, som helgenbilleder og lign. ‘“artfully executed objects,” such as saints’ images and the like’. Virki otherwise means ‘stronghold, rampart’ or ‘work, deed’. The word could be used here with a double meaning: the saints’ images (virki) serving as a fortress of security (virki). See Note to l. 5 below.

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