Mark Eirdr 11II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 11’ 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, pp. 442-3.
Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
náði ‘was able’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
fœra ‘to bring back’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
erkistól ‘an archbishopric’
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erkistóll (noun m.; °·stóls, dat. ·stóli/stól; ·stólar): archbishopric
notes
[2] erkistól ‘an archbishopric’: An archbishopric for the Scandinavian countries was established in Lund (now in Sweden, then a part of Denmark) in 1104. Although Knýtl attributes this to Eiríkr’s relations with Pope Paschalis (1099-1118), in fact it was his relations with Pope Urban II (1088-99) that secured among other favours a Dan. archbishopric. Paschalis was merely carrying out the wishes of his predecessor. According to Saxo (2005, II, 12, 5, 2, pp. 72-5), Eiríkr secured the promises of the curia to establish the archbishopric in Denmark before he returned to his native country.
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[2] of merki Saxa ‘over the border of the Saxons’: Refers to the transfer of the seat of ecclesiastical power from Hamburg-Bremen (Saxony) to Denmark. In the words of Saxo (2005, II, 12, 5, 2, p. 72): tum etiam patriam ac domestica sacra Saxonica pręlatione liberari petiuit ‘then indeed he pleaded for his native land and local churches to be liberated from Saxon supremacy’.
Saxa ‘of the Saxons’
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1. Saxi (noun m.; °; -ar): Saxon
notes
[2] of merki Saxa ‘over the border of the Saxons’: Refers to the transfer of the seat of ecclesiastical power from Hamburg-Bremen (Saxony) to Denmark. In the words of Saxo (2005, II, 12, 5, 2, p. 72): tum etiam patriam ac domestica sacra Saxonica pręlatione liberari petiuit ‘then indeed he pleaded for his native land and local churches to be liberated from Saxon supremacy’.
merki ‘the border’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
notes
[2] of merki Saxa ‘over the border of the Saxons’: Refers to the transfer of the seat of ecclesiastical power from Hamburg-Bremen (Saxony) to Denmark. In the words of Saxo (2005, II, 12, 5, 2, p. 72): tum etiam patriam ac domestica sacra Saxonica pręlatione liberari petiuit ‘then indeed he pleaded for his native land and local churches to be liberated from Saxon supremacy’.
hljótum ‘receive’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
[3] hljótum: so 180b, hljótu JÓ, 873ˣ, 20b I
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þats ‘that which’
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þats (conj.): that, which
hag ‘situation’
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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition
várn ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
bœtir ‘improves’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
hingat ‘here’
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hingat (adv.): (to) here
norðr ‘in the north’
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2. norðr (adv.): north
notes
[4] at orðum skjǫldungs ‘according to the king’s bidding’: Lit. ‘according to the king’s words’. For skjǫldungr, see Note to st. 9/4 above.
skjǫldungs ‘to the king’s’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
notes
[4] at orðum skjǫldungs ‘according to the king’s bidding’: Lit. ‘according to the king’s words’. For skjǫldungr, see Note to st. 9/4 above.
orðum ‘bidding’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[4] at orðum skjǫldungs ‘according to the king’s bidding’: Lit. ‘according to the king’s words’. For skjǫldungr, see Note to st. 9/4 above.
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This helmingr and the next document Eiríkr’s good relations with Pope Paschalis (but see the Note to l. 2 below) and the Pope granting Eiríkr’s request to establish an archbishopric in Denmark.
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