Mark Eirdr 14II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 14’ 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. 445.
Yngvi ‘The king’
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Yngvi (noun m.): Yngvi, prince
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
óðastrǫngum ‘the furiously turbulent’
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óðastrangr (adj.): furiously turbulent
ǫldu ‘of the waves’
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alda (noun f.; °; *-ur): wave
gangi ‘motion’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
skipum ‘his ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
þangat ‘there’
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þangat (adv.): there, thither
hlýða ‘the washboard’
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1. hlýða (noun f.): washboard
[3] hlýða: hlýðan JÓ, 873ˣ, ‘hlundan’ 180b
notes
[3] hlýða ‘the washboard’: See Note to st. 4/5 above.
skalf ‘trembled’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
grœðir ‘the ocean’
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grœðir (noun m.): ?healer, ?ocean
bǫrð ‘prows’
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barð (noun n.): prow, stern (of a ship)
fyr ‘offshore from’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Vinða ‘of the Wends’
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Vinðr (noun m.; °; vinðr/-ir): the Wends
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This helmingr and the following eight sts document Eiríkr’s expedition to Wendland and his victory there over Emperor Henry IV’s puppet chieftains and their men.
Saxo gives no detailed accounts of this or any other expeditions against the Wends. The prose narrative of Knýtl relies heavily on the content of the poetry.
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