Mark Eirdr 27II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 27’ 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. 456-7.
Bôru ‘carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
menn ‘Men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
borgum ‘towns’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
stórum ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
bleyðiskjarrs ‘the cowardice-shy’
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bleyðiskjarr (adj.): [cowardice-shy]
harra ‘lord’
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1. harri (noun m.; °-a): lord
sungit ‘singing’
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syngja (verb): sing
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[3] vas sungit ‘there was singing’: Lit. ‘it was sung’.
vas ‘there was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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[3] vas sungit ‘there was singing’: Lit. ‘it was sung’.
herr ‘men’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
hringja ‘to ring’
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4. hringja (verb): [ring, to ring]
hnossum ‘with precious ornaments’
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1. hnoss (noun f.; °; -ir): treasure
gǫfguð ‘decorated’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
[4] gǫfguð: gǫfugt 180b, 20b II
skrín ‘reliquaries’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
krossa ‘crosses’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
[4] krossa: so 180b, 20b II, krossar JÓ, 873ˣ
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[4] krossa (m. acc. pl.) ‘crosses’: Krossar (m. nom. pl.) ‘crosses’ (so JÓ, 873ˣ) is ungrammatical.
Aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
fær ‘receive’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
annars ‘of another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
veldi ‘the realm’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
jǫfra ‘of princes’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
Ríkir jǫfra‘A ruler of princes ’
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A ruler of princes → KING
kennings
Ríkir jǫfra‘A ruler of princes ’
= KING
A ruler of princes → KING
metnað ‘honour’
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metnuðr (noun m.; °-aðar, dat. -aði): pride, arrogance
eitt ‘unique’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
vas ‘it was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sér ‘’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
þats ‘that’
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þats (conj.): that, which
jafnask ‘equal’
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2. jafna (verb): [equal]
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
engi ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Dana ‘of the Danes’
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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane
kennings
þengil Dana.‘the prince of the Danes.’
= Eiríkr
the prince of the Danes. → Eiríkr
þengil ‘the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þengil Dana.‘the prince of the Danes.’
= Eiríkr
the prince of the Danes. → Eiríkr
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Men carried reliquaries, decorated with precious ornaments, and crosses out of great towns towards the cowardice-shy lord; there was singing, when men began to ring. A ruler of princes [KING] will never receive such honour in the realm of another [ruler]; unique it was, that no man could equal the prince of the Danes [= Eiríkr].
Eiríkr continued on his journey, and wherever he came, he was received by the townspeople with honour. Clerics met him with processions, carrying holy relics.
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