Mark Eirdr 18II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 18’ 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. 447-8.
Blóði ‘Blood’
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blóði (noun m.): blood-brother
[1] Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan: ‘Blod[…]’ 20b I; Blóði: blóðit 180b
notes
[1] blóði (dat. sg.) ‘blood’: The mss of the A-recension retain the impersonal construction, drífa ‘splatter’ with dat.; blóðit n. nom. sg. ‘the blood’, the reading of 180b, suggests that the scribe interpreted dreif in the meaning ‘drifted’, which need not be impersonal.
dreif ‘splattered’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
[1] Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan: ‘Blod[…]’ 20b I
rand ‘shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim < randgarðr (noun m.): shield-wall
[1] Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan: ‘Blod[…]’ 20b I; rand‑: rauð‑ 180b
garð ‘wall’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < randgarðr (noun m.): shield-wall
[1] Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan: ‘Blod[…]’ 20b I
rauðan ‘the red’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
[1] Blóði dreif á randgarð rauðan: ‘Blod[…]’ 20b I
rógs ‘of discord’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander
[2] rógs hegnir drap ótal þegna: ‘[…]’ 20b I
kennings
hegnir rógs‘the punisher of discord ’
= JUST RULER
the punisher of discord → JUST RULER
hegnir ‘the punisher’
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hegnir (noun m.): punisher
[2] rógs hegnir drap ótal þegna: ‘[…]’ 20b I
kennings
hegnir rógs‘the punisher of discord ’
= JUST RULER
the punisher of discord → JUST RULER
drap ‘killed’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
[2] rógs hegnir drap ótal þegna: ‘[…]’ 20b I
ótal ‘an untold number’
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ótal (noun n.): countless
[2] rógs hegnir drap ótal þegna: ‘[…]’ 20b I
þegna ‘of men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
[2] rógs hegnir drap ótal þegna: ‘[…]’ 20b I
notes
[3, 4] ungr fylkir framði sik ‘the young ruler distinguished himself’: Echoes Gísl Magnkv 1/1.
sik ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[3] framði sik: ‘[…]’ 20b I
notes
[3, 4] ungr fylkir framði sik ‘the young ruler distinguished himself’: Echoes Gísl Magnkv 1/1.
folkvôpn ‘battle-weapons’
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folkvápn (noun n.): [battle-weapons]
notes
[3] folkvôpn ‘battle-weapons’: I.e. axes, swords and spears. For a more detailed description of these weapons, see NGL I, 101.
fylkir ‘ruler’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
[4] fylkir ungr en brynjur sprungu: ‘[…]’ 20b I
notes
[3, 4] ungr fylkir framði sik ‘the young ruler distinguished himself’: Echoes Gísl Magnkv 1/1.
notes
[3, 4] ungr fylkir framði sik ‘the young ruler distinguished himself’: Echoes Gísl Magnkv 1/1.
brynjur ‘mail-coats’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
[4] fylkir ungr en brynjur sprungu: ‘[…]’ 20b I
sprungu ‘sprang apart’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
[4] fylkir ungr en brynjur sprungu: ‘[…]’ 20b I
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