Markús Skeggjason — MarkII
skaldsVol. 3, 292 — — ed. Jayne Carroll
Poetry
Eiríksdrápa32
- Introduction and information about text
- 1. ‘Harra kveðk at hróðrgǫrð dýrri ...’
- 2. ‘Eiríks lof verðr ǫld at heyra, ...’
- 3. ‘Fœðir sótti fremðar-ráða ...’
- 4. ‘Vár ǫndurt bjó Vinða rýrir ...’
- 5. ‘Drengir þôgu auð at Yngva, ...’
- 6. ‘Vǫrgum eyddi Vinða fergir, ...’
- 7. ‘Hróðigr átti brynþings beiðir ...’
- 8. ‘Lýst skal hitt, es lofðungr fýstisk ...’
- 9. ‘Bróðir gekk í Bôr út síðan, ...’
- 10. ‘Stóra sótti Haralds hlýri ...’
- 11. ‘Eiríkr náði útan fœra ...’
- 12. ‘Eyðisk hitt, at jafnstórt ráði ...’
- 13. ‘Veldi þorðu Vinðr at halda ...’
- 14. ‘Yngvi helt í óðastrǫngum ...’
- 15. ‘Rǫndu lauk of rekka kindir ...’
- 16. ‘Styrjǫld óx of stilli ǫrvan, ...’
- 17. ‘Hǫrga varðisk herr í borgum, ...’
- 18. ‘Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan, ...’
- 19. ‘Heiðinn vildi herr of síðir, ...’
- 20. ‘Heiðin vôru hjǫrtu lýða ...’
- 21. ‘Eiríkr vas með uppreist hôri, ...’
- 22. ‘Flaustum lukði folka treystir ...’
- 23. ‘Víða setti vísdóms grœðir ...’
- 24. ‘Blíðan gœddi bjǫrtum auði ...’
- 25. ‘Dróttum lét í Danmǫrk settaan ...’
- 26. ‘Lýst skal hitt, es læknask fýstisk ...’
- 27. ‘Bôru menn ór borgum stórum ...’
- 28. ‘Hildingr þá við hæst lof aldar ...’
- 29. ‘Andar krafði út í lǫndum ...’
- 30. ‘Hvergi stóðusk hjǫrva borgar ...’
- 31. ‘Ræsir lét af roðnum hausi ...’
- 32. ‘Fjarri hefr at fœðisk dýrri ...’
Biography
Jayne Carroll 2017, ‘(Biography of) Markús Skeggjason’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 292.
Markús Skeggjason (Mark) was the son of Skeggi Bjarnason and possibly a brother of the poet Þórarinn Skeggjason (ÞSkegg). He was lawspeaker in Iceland from 1084 until his death on 15 October 1107. In Íslendingabók (Íslb, ÍF 1, 22) he is named as an important informant for Ari Þorgilsson about the lives of the earlier lawspeakers in Iceland. He had gained this information from his brother, father and grandfather. Markús appears to have had close ties to the Church: during his time as lawspeaker, and with his guidance, Gizurr Ísleifsson, bishop of Skálholt (1081-1118), established the Icel. tithe laws (ÍF 1, 22). Markús was among the most respected poets in the canon of the C13th and he is cited often in SnE and TGT (see below).
In Skáldatal, Markús is associated with S. Knútr Sveinsson of Denmark (d. 1086), Eiríkr inn góði ‘the Good’ Sveinsson of Denmark (d. 1103), and Ingi Steinkelsson of Sweden (d. 1110) (SnE 1848-87, III, 252, 258, 260, 267, 271, 283, see also 348-53). An extended hrynhent poem about Eiríkr (Mark Eirdr), composed after his death in 1103, and one helmingr about ‘Sveinn’s brother’, probably S. Knútr (Mark KnútdrIII), survive, alongside one helmingr and a couplet from a possible drápa about Christ (Mark KristdrIII) and two lvv. (Mark Lv 1-2III). Aside from Eirdr, all of Markús’s extant poetry is transmitted in SnE or TGT, and it has been edited in SkP III.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
- ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson. 1968. Rpt. as one volume 1986.
- SkP III = Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Ed. Kari Ellen Gade in collaboration with Edith Marold. 2017.
- Internal references
- Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Íslendingabók’ in Guðrún Nordal (ed.), Poetry on Icelandic History. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 4. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=26> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, The Third Grammatical Treatise’ in Tarrin Wills (ed.), The Third Grammatical Treatise. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=32> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Þórarinn Skeggjason’ 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. 294-5.
- Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘ Eilífr kúlnasveinn, Kristsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 130. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1175> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Matthew Townend 2017, ‘ Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Knútsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 230. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1246> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Jayne Carroll 2009, ‘ Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa’ 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. 432-60. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1301> (accessed 19 March 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Lausavísur 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 296.
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other information
Markús Skeggjason (Mark)
12th century
Skj AI, 444-53; BI, 414-21
volume 2
main editor: Jayne Carroll