ESk Øxfl 10III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Øxarflokkr 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 150.
text and translation
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
foldviggs, drekar liggja.
Megu sjá rétt, hvé drekar, fagrt of skornir, liggja við {brô {Gríðar fjǫrnis}}, {{{Ræfils fold}viggs} ríðendr}.
‘They can rightly see how dragons, beautifully engraved, lie near the eyelash of the Gríðr <giantess> of the helmet [AXE > AXE-BLADE], riders of the horse of Ræfill’s <sea-king’s> land [(lit. ‘riders of Ræfill’s land-horse’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARERS].’
notes and context
Gríðr fjǫrnis ‘the Gríðr of the helmet’ is listed as an example of an axe-kenning in Skm and LaufE.
In both Skm and LaufE this stanza follows st. 9 above, and the poet is identified as ‘Einarr’ in all mss.
readings
- [2] Gríðar: ‘griþ[…]’ U
- [3] fjǫrnis: ‘fiórinz’ 2368ˣ
- [3] skornir: skornar A, ‘‑kórner’ 2368ˣ
- [4] fold‑: ‘fiol‑’ A
- [4] ‑viggs: so W, U, A, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘vigs’ R, Tˣ
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 34r/33 - 34r/34
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
fold†vigs†, drekar liggja. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 35v/26 - 35v/26
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
fold†vigs†, drekar liggja. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 78/18 - 78/19
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
foldviggs, drekar liggja. -
DG 11 (U) — 33v/9 - 33v/10
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô †griþ[…]†
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
foldviggs, drekar liggja. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 11v/15 - 11v/16
imagesSjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornar,
†fiol-†viggs, drekar liggja.Sia mægv rætt hvæ rǽfils | riðændr við bra gríðar fiǫrnis fagrt vm skornar fiolviggs drækar liggia .
(VEÞ)
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GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 122 - 122
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
†fiórinz† fagrt of †-kórner†,
foldviggs, drekar liggja. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 92v/17 - 92v/20
Sjá megu rétt, hvé, Ræfils
images
ríðendr, við brô Gríðar
fjǫrnis fagrt of skornir,
foldviggs, drekar liggja.
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