Mark Eirdr 15II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 15’ 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. 445-6.
Rǫndu ‘with the shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
lauk ‘enclosed’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
rekka ‘of champions’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
kindir ‘the descendants’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
[1] kindir: ‘kinndur’ 180b
risnumaðr ‘The doughty man’
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risnumaðr (noun m.): [doughty man]
svát ‘so that’
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svát (conj.): so that, so as
hver ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
tók ‘linked’
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2. taka (verb): take
aðra ‘with the next’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
hamalt ‘in a wedge-shaped formation’
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hamall (adj.): wedge-shaped
notes
[3] hamalt ‘in a wedge-shaped formation’: See ÞjóðA Run 1/4 and Note to Gísl Magnkv 10/6.
hlífar ‘the shields’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
glymja ‘to resound’
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glymja (verb): resound
hildingr ‘the prince’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
fylkði ‘marshalled’
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fylkja (verb): marshal
liði ‘troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
miklu ‘his great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
notes
[4] miklu ‘great’: The word does not provide the required aðalhending and all modern eds except Knýtl 1919-25 emend here. As all the mss agree on miklu (which makes good sense), it is retained here, despite the metrical infidelity. Skj B emends to gildu ‘splendid’, qualifying liði ‘troop’ (l. 4). Skald’s emendation to mildi ‘generous’, qualifying hildingr ‘prince’ is perhaps preferable to gildu, as it retains the first two letters of the ms. readings, and, as NN §3104 notes, it anticipates mildingr in the next st. A further possible emendation which would restore the aðalhending is vildru ‘desirable, splendid’, qualifying liði.
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As st. 14 above. When the Wendish chieftains heard that the Dan. army was approaching, they mustered their troops. Eiríkr put to shore and marshalled his army.
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