Mark Eirdr 13II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 13’ 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. 444.
Veldi ‘the realm’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
þorðut ‘had not dared’
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þora (verb): dare
notes
[1] þorðut ‘had not dared’: All eds emend to þorðu ‘dared’, but the reading of the mss is acceptable if the pret. form is understood to have pluperfect force (see NS §324b): the Wends had not previously dared to take the lands, but then the news of their treachery was heard from the south.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
halda ‘retain control of’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
gerðisk ‘turned’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þeim ‘for them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
illu ‘misery’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
sunnan ‘from the south’
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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
svikdóms ‘of the treacherous’
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svikdómr (noun m.): [treacherous]
notes
[3] svikdómsmanna ‘of the treacherous men’: See Note to st. 4/7 above.
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[3] svikdómsmanna ‘of the treacherous men’: See Note to st. 4/7 above.
sáttarof ‘the truce-breaking’
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sáttarof (noun n.): [truce-breaking]
þats ‘which’
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þats (conj.): that, which
buðlungr ‘the ruler’
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buðlungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, prince
átti ‘possessed’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
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While Eiríkr was away on his journey to Rome, the Wends had abandoned their loyalty to him. This st. is quoted after the account of the Saxon emperor Henry VI’s (r. 1056-1106) conquest of the Dan. province in Wendland, and his appointment of Bjǫrn, one of his chieftains, as ruler there.
According to Saxo (2005, II, 12, 4, 2, pp. 72-3), the campaign against the Wends took place prior to Eiríkr’s journey to Rome, and it was provoked by pirates from Wollin who plundered in Denmark. Saxo also notes that Eiríkr led a total of three campaigns against the Wends, but he does not specify when the second and the third took place (which could have been after Eiríkr’s return from Rome).
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