Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa 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. 277.
Meiðr es mǫrgum œðri
morðteins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr fær hildibǫrrum
hjarl Sigvarði jarli.
{Meiðr {morðteins}} es mǫrgum œðri í {dyn fleina}; hjǫrr fær hildibǫrrum Sigvarði jarli hjarl.
‘The tree of the battle-twig [SWORD > WARRIOR] is more outstanding than many in the din of spears [BATTLE]; the sword provides battle-ready Sigurðr jarl with land.’
The helmingr is cited in Skm (SnE) as an example of a noun denoting ‘tree’ (meiðr) appearing as a base-word in a kenning for ‘man’.
This stanza refers to a Sigurðr jarl (see Note to st. 1/1, 2, 4), although other sources do not connect him with any warlike undertakings.
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.
Meiðr es mǫrgum eyðri
morð-reins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr †fæ(r)† hildum-bǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
Meiðr es mǫrgum œðri
morð-reins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr hefr hildibǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
Meiðr es mǫrgum œðri
morð-reins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr fær hildibǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
Meiðr es mǫrgum œðri
morð-reins í †d[...] flei[...]†;
†[...] [...]†bǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
Meiðr es mǫrgum œðri
morð-reins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr fyr hildibǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
Mæiðr ær mǫrgvm ǽðri morðre | ins idyn flæina hiǫʀ fyrir hilldibǫrrvm hiarl sigvrði ø̣⸌i⸍arli .
(VEÞ)
†Mei[...]r† es mǫrgum œðri
morð-reins í dyn fleina;
hjǫrr ferr hildar-bǫrrum
hjarl Sigurði jarli.
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