Mark Eirdr 12II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 12’ 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. 443-4.
Eyðisk hitt, at jafnstórt ráði
annarr gramr til þyrftar mǫnnum;
leyfði allt, sem konungr krafði,
Krists unnanda páfi sunnan.
Hitt eyðisk, at annarr gramr ráði jafnstórt til þyrftar mǫnnum; páfi sunnan leyfði {unnanda Krists} allt, sem konungr krafði.
It will not happen that another prince shall achieve so much for the need of men; the Pope from the south granted {the devotee of Christ} [= Eiríkr] all that the king requested.
Mss: JÓ(150), 873ˣ(50r), 20b I(7v), 180b(29v) (Knýtl)
Readings: [1] jafnstórt: jafnan stór 180b; ráði: ræði 180b [2] annarr gramr: annan gram 180b; þyrftar: ‘þyrtar’ 20b I, þurftar 180b [4] Krists: krist 180b; unnanda: ‘u[…]da’ 180b
Editions: Skj AI, 447, Skj BI, 416, Skald I, 205; JÓ 1741, 150-1, ÍF 35, 219-20 (ch. 74).
Context: As st. 11 above.
Notes: [1] eyðisk ‘will not happen’: The verb eyðask lit. means ‘be destroyed, annihilated’, and it is used here figuratively in the sense that the possibility of anyone surpassing Eiríkr will come to nothing. — [2] þyrftar ‘the need’: Þurftar ‘the need’ (so 180b) is also possible and preferred by Skj B and Skald.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
- JÓ 1741 = Jón Ólafsson, ed. 1741. Æfi dana-konunga eda Knytlinga saga: Historia Cnutidarum regum Daniæ. Copenhagen: [n. p.].
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