Mark Eirdr 22II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 22’ 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. 450-1.
notes
[1] flaustum ‘with ships’: For the later form flaustrum ‘with ships’ (so 180b), see Note to st. 4/2 above.
lukði ‘barricaded’
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lykja (verb): lock up, enclose
kennings
Treystir folka‘The trier of men ’
= RULER
The trier of men → RULER
treystir ‘The trier’
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treystir (noun m.): trier, encourager, occupier
kennings
Treystir folka‘The trier of men ’
= RULER
The trier of men → RULER
foldar ‘of the land’
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fold (noun f.): land
síðu ‘edge’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
brimi ‘the wave’
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brimi (noun n.): [wave]
ǫrr ‘the generous’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
vísi ‘leader’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
bað ‘commanded’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
oddum ‘with spear-points’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
læsa ‘to be sealed’
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læsa (verb): enclose, lock
strǫnd ‘shore’
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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore
rǫndu ‘shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
Hlífum ‘shields’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
keyrði ‘drove’
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keyra (verb): drive, whip, fling
hersa ‘hersar’
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hersir (noun m.; °-is; -ar): cheiftan
kennings
Harða nýtr reifir hersa‘The very bountiful gladdener of hersar ’
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The very bountiful gladdener of hersar → RULER
reifir ‘gladdener’
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reifir (noun m.): presenter, gladdener
kennings
Harða nýtr reifir hersa‘The very bountiful gladdener of hersar ’
= RULER
The very bountiful gladdener of hersar → RULER
kennings
Harða nýtr reifir hersa‘The very bountiful gladdener of hersar ’
= RULER
The very bountiful gladdener of hersar → RULER
nýtr ‘bountiful’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
kennings
Harða nýtr reifir hersa‘The very bountiful gladdener of hersar ’
= RULER
The very bountiful gladdener of hersar → RULER
of ‘around’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
it ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
ýtra ‘outer’
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ýtri (adj. comp.): outer side
hilmir ‘the prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
lauk ‘shut off’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
við ‘during’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
olman ‘the furious’
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olmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce, furious
hauðr ‘the earth’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
Eydana ‘of the Island-Danes’
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Eydanir (noun m.): island-Dane
notes
[8] Eydana ‘of the Island-Danes’: Skj B construes this with hilmir (hilmir Eydana ‘the prince of the Island-Danes’), which is possible but unlikely since hilmir is otherwise not accompanied by an ethnic qualifier (see LP: hilmir). For Eydanir, see also Arn Hardr 6/2.
skjaldborg ‘shield-wall’
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skjaldborg (noun f.): shield-wall
rauðri ‘with a red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
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The trier of men [RULER] barricaded the wave-lashed edge of the land with ships; the generous leader commanded the wet shore to be sealed with spear-points and a chilly shield. The very bountiful gladdener of hersar [RULER] drove shields around the outer land; the prince shut off the earth of the Island-Danes with a red shield-wall during the furious onslaught.
After the campaign, Eiríkr left men behind in Wendland to secure that country, and he then set sail for Denmark via the island of Öland.
For the custom of blockading the coasts with ships and spears, see Notes to Steinn Óldr 8/4 and Halli XI Fl 1/1, 5. — It looks as though the compiler of Knýtl misunderstood the geographical information provided by the st. (ÍF 35, 227): Hann kom fyrst við Eyland skipum sínum, er hann kom sunnan af Vinðlandi, sem Markús segir ‘He first came to Öland with his ships when he returned north from Wendland, as Markús says’. The island of Öland (Eyland) is located in the Baltic off the south-eastern coast of Sweden (Småland), and it was never a part of Denmark. While it is by no means unlikely that Eiríkr could have put to shore in Öland on his way back, he certainly had no reason to fortify or protect that island. The misunderstanding most likely arose from the phrase hauðr Eydana ‘the earth of the Island-Danes’ (l. 8), which refers to the Dan. islands off the south-eastern coast of Denmark and not to Öland. Hence the st. seems to describe Eiríkr securing the coasts of Denmark (and the Dan. islands) before (or after?) he was campaigning in Wendland.
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