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ESk Øxfl 2III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Øxarflokkr 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 142.

Einarr SkúlasonØxarflokkr
123

text and translation

Eigi þverr fyr augna
Óðs beðvinu Róða
ræfrs (eignisk sá) regni
ramsvell (konungr elli).

{Ramsvell {ræfrs Róða}} þverr eigi fyr {{regni augna} {beðvinu Óðs}}; eignisk sá konungr elli.
 
‘The strong ice-sheet of Róði’s <sea-king’s> roof [SHIELD > AXE/SWORD] does not diminish because of the rain of the eyes [TEARS] of Óðr’s <mythical person’s> bedmate [= Freyja > GOLD]; may that king reach old age.

notes and context

In Skm, beðvina Óðs ‘Óðr’s bedmate’ is given as a kenning for the goddess Freyja (R(28r), (29r), W(73), U(30v)), and ræfr Róða ‘Róði’s <sea-king’s> roof’ is one of many kennings for ‘shield’ (R(34r), (35v), W(77), U(33r), A, C).

In R(28r), (29r), W(73) and U(30v) this stanza follows st. 1 above, and it is attributed to Einarr (implicitly Skúlason) in all mss: Ok her hefir Einaʀ en … ‘And here Einarr has again …’ (R). The second citation is also attributed to Einarr in all mss, but no patronymic is given for him.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 11. Øxarflokkr(?) 2: AI, 477, BI, 449, Skald I, 221, NN §§1794, 2793; SnE 1848-87, I, 348-9, 424-5, II, 320, 328, 439, 589, III, 56, SnE 1931, 125, 151, SnE 1998, I, 43, 69.

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