[1] eklu ‘meagrely’: Lit. ‘with dearth, lack’. This, the reading of all mss except Kˣ, is the first record of the noun ekla f. in ON poetry, apart from the title Vellekla ‘Lack of wealth’ (Eskál VellI) which is presumably as old as the (late C10th) poem. The only other occurrence cited in LP is the C13th Innsteinn Innkv 10/3VIII af eklu ‘sparingly’, and cf. eklaust ‘profusely’, Anon Pl 57/3VII.
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Internal references
- Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 57’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 218.
- Edith Marold with the assistance of Vivian Busch, Jana Krüger, Ann-Dörte Kyas and Katharina Seidel, translated from German by John Foulks 2012, ‘ Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla’ 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. 280. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1181> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 30 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 10)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328.