Eil Þdr 2III
Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 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. 77.
text and translation
Geðstrangrar lét gǫngu
gammleið Þórr fyr skǫmmu
— fýstusk þeir at þrýsta
Þorns niðjum — sik biðja,
þás gjarðvani*ðr gerðisk
Gandvíkr Skotum ríkri
endr til Ymsa kindar
Iðja setrs frá Þriðja.
Þórr lét {gammleið} biðja sik geðstrangrar gǫngu fyr skǫmmu – þeir fýstusk at þrýsta {niðjum Þorns} –, þás gjarðvani*ðr, ríkri {Skotum Gandvíkr}, gerðisk endr frá Þriðja til {kindar Ymsa} {setrs Iðja}.
‘Þórr had vulture-path [AIR = Loptr <= Loki> (lopt ‘air’)] invite him on a challenging journey a short time ago – they were eager to crush the descendants of Þorn <giant> [GIANTS] –, when the belt-familiar one [= Þórr], mightier than the Scots of Gandvík [GIANTS], once set out from Þriði <= Óðinn> for the offspring of Ymsi <giant> [GIANT] towards the seat of Iði <giant> [MOUNTAINS]. ’
notes and context
See Context to st. 1.
readings
- [1] Geðstrangrar: geðstrangr Tˣ
- [2] fyr: om. all
- [2] skǫmmu: skǫmmum Tˣ, W
- [3] fýstusk: so Tˣ, W, ‘fyrstvz’ R
- [4] Þorns: so Tˣ, ‘þoms’ R, ‘þoíns’ W
- [5] þás (‘þa er’): þau W
- [5] ‑vani*ðr: ‑venjuðr R, ‑vendi Tˣ, W
- [6] Gandvíkr: ‘gandvíkir’ corrected from gandvíkum W
- [7] kindar: ‘kyndar’ Tˣ, landa W
- [8] Iðja: ‘idra’ Tˣ
- [8] setrs: skers 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) — 24v/20 - 24v/22
Geðstrangrar lét gǫngu
images
gammleið Þórr skǫmmu
— †fyrstvz† þeir at þrýsta
†þoms† niðjum — sik biðja,
þás gjarð-venjuðr gerðisk
Gandvíkr Skotum ríkri
endr til Ymsa kindar
Iðja setrs frá Þriðja. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 25r/29 - 25r/31
geðstrangr lét gǫngu
images
gammleið Þórr skǫmmum
— fýstusk þeir at þrýsta
Þorns niðjum — sik biðja,
þás gjarð-vendi gerðisk
Gandvíkr Skotum ríkri
endr til Ymsa †kyndar†
†idra† skers frá Þriðja. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 52/31 - 53/1
Geðstrangrar lét gǫngu
images
gammleið Þórr skǫmmum
— fýstusk þeir at þrýsta
†þoíns† niðjum — sik biðja,
þau gjarð-vendi gerðisk
†gandvíkir† Skotum ríkri
endr til Ymsa landa
Iðja setrs frá Þriðja.
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