Mark Eirdr 10II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 442.
Stóra ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
sótti ‘visited’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
Haralds ‘Haraldr’s’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
kennings
Hlýri Haralds‘Haraldr’s brother ’
= Eiríkr
Haraldr’s brother → Eiríkr
notes
[1] hlýri Haralds ‘Haraldr’s brother [= Eiríkr]’: This was Haraldr hein ‘Hone’ Sveinsson (r. 1074-80). Hlýri, a poetic word for ‘brother, friend’, lit. means ‘cheek’, a term of intimacy.
hlýri ‘brother’
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hlýri (noun m.): brother
kennings
Hlýri Haralds‘Haraldr’s brother ’
= Eiríkr
Haraldr’s brother → Eiríkr
notes
[1] hlýri Haralds ‘Haraldr’s brother [= Eiríkr]’: This was Haraldr hein ‘Hone’ Sveinsson (r. 1074-80). Hlýri, a poetic word for ‘brother, friend’, lit. means ‘cheek’, a term of intimacy.
helga ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
dóma ‘relics’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
út ‘outside’
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út (adv.): out(side)
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
Rómi ‘Rome’
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Róm (noun n.): Rome
hringum ‘with rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
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[3] varði ‘adorned’: 20b I’s reading, eyddi ‘destroyed’, must have resulted from the scribe’s attempt at syntactic simplification in l. 3: áttkonr yngva eyddi hringum ‘the descendant of a king destroyed rings’, i.e. he distributed treasure. See Note to st. 5/5.
kennings
áttkonr yngva‘the descendant of a king ’
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the descendant of a king → KING
yngva ‘of a king’
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yngvi (noun m.): prince
kennings
áttkonr yngva‘the descendant of a king ’
= KING
the descendant of a king → KING
auðig ‘rich’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
skrín ‘shrines’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine
golli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
rauðu ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
Mildingr ‘The generous one’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
fór ‘went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
munka ‘the monks’’
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munkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): monk
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[5] veldi munka ‘the monks’ empire’: While not a kenning, this is an apt circumlocution for that part of Italy (the environs of Rome), where there were many monasteries.
veldi ‘empire’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
notes
[5] veldi munka ‘the monks’ empire’: While not a kenning, this is an apt circumlocution for that part of Italy (the environs of Rome), where there were many monasteries.
móðum ‘on weary’
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móðr (adj.): weary
fœti ‘foot’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
sôl ‘his soul’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
bœta ‘redeem’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
sveitir ‘his men’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
all ‘the mighty ruler’
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all- ((prefix)): very < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler
valdr ‘’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler < allvaldr (noun m.): mighty ruler
[7] ‑valdr: ‑valds 180b
útan ‘back’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
vas ‘came’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Róms ‘Rome’
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Róm (noun n.): Rome
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
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Haraldr’s brother [= Eiríkr] visited great holy relics outside Rome; the descendant of a king [KING] adorned rich shrines with rings and red gold. The generous one went on weary foot through the monks’ empire to redeem his soul; the mighty ruler urged his men back; Eiríkr came to Rome on that [journey].
Eiríkr presented generous donations to monasteries and holy shrines on his travels away from Rome and on his return to Rome.
Saxo (2005, II, 12, 5, 2, pp. 72-5) also mentions that Eiríkr left Rome and then returned to Rome before he set out for Denmark, but he does not give an account of where he went when he left Rome for the first time. See also Note to st. 8 [All] above.
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