ESk Geisl 27VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 28-9.
Fǫður skulum fultings biðja
(fremðarþjóð) ins góða
(mœðir mart á láði)
Magnúss hvatir bragnar.
Greitt má gumnum létta
guðs ríðari stríðum;
rǫskr þiggr allt, sem œskir,
Óláfr af gram sólar.
Hvatir bragnar skulum biðja fultings {fǫður Magnúss ins góða}; mart mœðir fremðarþjóð á láði. {Guðs ríðari} má greitt létta stríðum gumnum; rǫskr Óláfr þiggr allt, sem œskir, af {gram sólar}.
We brave men should pray for help {to the father of Magnús the Good} [= Óláfr]; much afflicts the valiant people in the land. {God’s knight} [SAINT = Óláfr] can easily alleviate afflictions for men; brave Óláfr gets all he desires from {the king of the sun} [= God].
Mss: Flat(2ra), Bb(117va)
Readings: [1] Fǫður: so Bb, ‘Faudr’ Flat; skulum: ‘skulu[...]’ Bb [2] ins: inn Bb [5-8] abbrev. as ‘G.’ Flat, ‘Greitt ma gvmnvm.’ Bb
Editions: Skj AI, 464, Skj BI, 433-4, Skald I, 214, NN §935; Flat 1860-8, I, 3, Cederschiöld 1873, 5, Chase 2005, 77, 145-6.
Notes: [1, 2, 4] fǫður Magnúss ins góða ‘the father of Magnús the Good’: The epithet for Óláfr anticipates the miracle described in sts 28-30. — [5-8]: The ll. are supplied from st. 18.
References
- Bibliography
- Cederschiöld, Gustaf J. Chr., ed. 1873b. ‘Bandamanna saga’. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 10.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Cederschiöld, Gustaf J. Chr., ed. 1873a. Geisli eða Óláfs Drápa ens Helga er Einarr orti Skúlason: efter ‘Bergsboken’ utgifven. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 10. Lund: Berling.
- Chase, Martin, ed. 2005. Einarr Skúlason’s Geisli. A Critical Edition. Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic Studies 1. Toronto, Buffalo and London: Toronto University Press.
- Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
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