ESk Frag 7III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 158.
introduction
The helmingr (ESk Frag 7) must have belonged to a royal panegyric, and Jón Sigurðsson (SnE 1848-87, III, 355) assigned it to Einarr’s encomium about Haraldr gilli (Hardr III; see Introduction to Frag 4 and 6 above). The half-stanza is transmitted in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, U, A, B (and 744ˣ) and C of Skm (SnE) and in LaufE (mss 2368ˣ and 743ˣ). It was copied in RE 1665(Ff3), which has no independent value. The helmingr follows Frag 6 above without intervening prose in LaufE (with idem ‘the same’ in the left margin, 743ˣ) and it is preceded by Ok enn sem hann kvað ‘And again, as he said’ in Skm. Hence it is attributed variously to Einarr skálaglamm (LaufE) or Einarr Skúlason (SnE). See Introduction to Frag 6.
text and translation
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
hugþrútit svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — konungs hjarta.
En hugþrútit hjarta konungs svellr við hjaldr, þars hauldar lúta; blásvartr Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum.
‘And the courage-enlarged heart of the king swells at the battle where freeholders sink down; blue-black Muninn <raven> drinks blood from wounds. ’
notes and context
As Frag 6 above. Here Muninn is a name or heiti for ‘raven’.
readings
- [1] hauldar: so all others, haulda R
- [2] hug‑: haug‑ U
- [2] ‑þrútit: ‑þrútinn U, C, ‘þrut[…]’ B, ‘‑þruti. .’ 744ˣ
- [2] svellr: svellir Tˣ, svelgr U, C
- [4] ‑svartr: ‘[…]’ B, ‘suartr’ 744ˣ
- [4] konungs: munins U, kennir 2368ˣ, 743ˣ
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) — 38r/1 - 38r/3
En við hjaldr, þars haulda,
images
hugþrútit svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — konungs hjarta. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 39v/9 - 39v/9
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hugþrútit svellir, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — konungs hjarta. -
DG 11 (U) — 40v - 40v
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
haug--þrútinn svelgr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — munins hjarta. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 14r/22 - 14r/24
imagesÆnn við hialldr þar ær | hꜹ́lldar hvgþrvtit svællr lvta mvninn drækkr blóð or bænivm blasvartr | konvngs hiarta .
(VEÞ)
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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 6v/45 - 6v/46
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hug†þrut[…]† svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blá†[…]† — konungs hjarta. -
AM 744 4°x (744x) — 44v - 44v
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hug†-þruti. .† svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blá†suartr† — konungs hjarta. -
AM 748 II 4° (C) — 7r/15 - 7r/16
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hug-þrútinn svelgr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — konungs hjarta. -
GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) — 95 - 95
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hugþrútit svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — kennir hjarta. -
AM 743 4°x (743x) — 74v/18 - 74v/21
En við hjaldr, þars hauldar,
images
hugþrútit svellr, lúta,
— Muninn drekkr blóð ór benjum
blásvartr — kennir hjarta.
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