Mark Eirdr 2II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 2’ 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. 434-5.
Eireks ‘Eiríkr’s’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
verðr ‘must’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ǫld ‘People’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
engi ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
fremra ‘a better’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
[2] fremra: fremða Tˣ, ‘f[…]’ B, ‘framra’ 744ˣ
þengil ‘ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
yngvi ‘the king’
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Yngvi (noun m.): Yngvi, prince
notes
[3] yngvi ‘the king’: Yngvi was the name of the ancestor of the Swed./Norw. Ynglingr dynasty and of various legendary kings and heroes (see LP: Yngvi). Markús is fond of this heiti for ‘king’, and he also uses it in sts 5/1, 14/1 and 21/5.
helt ‘held’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
langan ‘long-lasting’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
sess ‘the seat’
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1. sess (noun m.; °-, dat -/-i;n dat. -um): seat, throne
[4] sess: sessi U
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] í þessi verǫld ‘in this world’: It is possible to construe this phrase with the second cl.: yngvi helt sess jǫfra við langan orðstír í þessi verǫld ‘the king held the seat of princes with long-lasting glory in this world’ (ll. 3-4; so Skj B and Skald). The reading offered above is preferable, however, because it places a limit upon Eiríkr’s power, obliquely contrasting it with God’s omnipotence, which Eiríkr cannot rival.
verǫld ‘world’
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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age
notes
[4] í þessi verǫld ‘in this world’: It is possible to construe this phrase with the second cl.: yngvi helt sess jǫfra við langan orðstír í þessi verǫld ‘the king held the seat of princes with long-lasting glory in this world’ (ll. 3-4; so Skj B and Skald). The reading offered above is preferable, however, because it places a limit upon Eiríkr’s power, obliquely contrasting it with God’s omnipotence, which Eiríkr cannot rival.
þessi ‘this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
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[4] í þessi verǫld ‘in this world’: It is possible to construe this phrase with the second cl.: yngvi helt sess jǫfra við langan orðstír í þessi verǫld ‘the king held the seat of princes with long-lasting glory in this world’ (ll. 3-4; so Skj B and Skald). The reading offered above is preferable, however, because it places a limit upon Eiríkr’s power, obliquely contrasting it with God’s omnipotence, which Eiríkr cannot rival.
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See st. 1. Yngvi is another of the sons of Hálfdan and Alvig. The helmingr is preceded by the prose statement, Yngvi; þat er konungs heiti, sem Markús kvað ‘Yngvi; that is a king-heiti, as Markús said’.
Fidjestøl (1982, 152-3) suggests that this helmingr could have been part of a refrain (stef).
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