Mark Eirdr 29II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 29’ 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. 458-9.
text and translation
Andar krafði út í lǫndum
alls stýrandi konung snjallan;
elli beiðat ofvægr stillir;
aldar stríð es fregit víða.
Síðan harma siklings dauða
snjallir menn of heimsbyggð alla;
drúpir herr at dolga steypi
dyggvan; þat tér verǫld hryggva.
{Stýrandi alls} krafði snjallan konung andar út í lǫndum; ofvægr stillir beiðat elli; stríð aldar es fregit víða. Síðan harma snjallir menn of alla heimsbyggð dauða siklings; herr drúpir at {dyggvan steypi dolga}; þat tér hryggva verǫld.
‘The commander of all [= God] claimed the spirit from the wise king out in [far-off] lands; the powerful prince did not wait for old age; the grief of men is heard of far and wide. Afterwards wise men all over the inhabited world lament the death of the sovereign; people bow down in grief for the virtuous destroyer of enemies [JUST RULER]; that saddens the world.’
notes and context
The st. is cited following the account of Eiríkr’s death in Cyprus, on his way from Constantinople to Jerusalem.
Eiríkr died in the city of Paphos (Knýtl: Basta) in Cyprus (10 July 1103), and he was buried there according to Knýtl. See also Saxo (2005, II, 12, 7, 6, pp. 82-3) and Abbot Nikulás’s Leiðarvísir (AÍ I, 20), where Paphos is called ‘Beffa’. In the C12th and C13th, Paphos was an important staging post for pilgrims to the Holy Land. See also Kedar and Westergaard-Nielsen 1978-9, 197-9, 203-4.
readings
- [3] elli beiðat ofvægr stillir: ‘elli beið at of væ[…]’ 20b II
- [3] beiðat: beiðir 180b
- [4] aldar stríð es fregit víða: aldr stríð er þat fregit víða JÓ, 873ˣ, aldr stríð er fregit er víða 180b
- [7] herr: heimr 180b
- [7] at dolga: en dolgum 180b
- [7] steypi: ‘stypir’ 180b
- [8] dyggvan: ‘dyggan’ 180b
- [8] þat tér: þótti 180b
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 170 - 170
imagesAndar krafði út í lǫndum
alls stýrandi konung snjallan;
elli beiðat ofvægr stillir;
aldr stríð er þat fregit víða .
Síðan harma siklings dauða
snjallir menn of heimsbyggð alla;
drúpir herr at dolga steypi
dyggvan; þat tér verǫld hryggva.Andar krafdi ut i löndum | allz-styrandi Konung sniallan, | elli beid-at of-vægr stillir, | alldr-strid er þat fregit vida: | sidan harma siklings dauda | sniallir menn um heims bygd alla, | drupir herr at dolga steypi | dyggvan, þat tær verölld hryggva.
(JC)
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NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 56r/14 - 56r/21
imagesAndar krafði út í lǫndum
alls stýrandi konung snjallan;
elli beiðat ofvægr stillir;
aldr stríð er þat fregit víða .
Síðan harma siklings dauða
snjallir menn of heimsbyggð alla;
drúpir herr at dolga steypi
dyggvan; þat tér verǫld hryggva.Andar krafdi ut i lø᷎ndum | allz styrandi konung sniallan | elli beid ad ofuęgr stillir | alldr strid er þat fregid uida | sidan harma siklings dauda | sniallir menn um heims bygd alla | drupir heʀ at dolga steypi | dygguan þat tør uerolld hryggua. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 180 b fol (180b) — 31v/20 - 31v/22
imagesAndar krafði út í lǫndum
alls stýrandi konung snjallan;
elli beiðir ofvægr stillir;
aldr stríð er fregit er víða .
Síðan harma siklings dauða
snjallir menn of heimsbyggð alla;
drúpir heimr en dolgum †stypir†
†dyggan†; þótti verǫld hryggva.Anndar krafde ut j londum · allz styrande konungínn sníallan elle beidir of uægr stillir · alldr stri | d er fregit er uida · sidan harma siklings dauda . sníallir menn um heims bygd alla · drupir heimr en dolgum sty |pir dyggan þotte uerolld hrygua ·
(JC)
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AM 20 b II fol (20b II) — 3va/16 - 3va/17 [1-3]
imagesAndar krafði út í lǫndum
alls stýrandi konung snjallan;
†elli beið at of væ[…]† ;
aldar stríð es fregit víða.
Síðan harma siklings dauða
snjallir menn of heimsbyggð alla;
drúpir herr at dolga steypi
dyggvan; þat tér verǫld hryggva.Andar krafði vtt i londum allz | styrandi konung sniallan elli beið at of væ || [...]
(JC)
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AM 1005 4°x (1005x) — 47v/7 - 47v/11
Andar krafdi v̇t J londum allstyrandi konginn | sniallann elle beider of vægur stilli alldrej stryd er | freigid er vyda sydann harma siklings dauda snia|ller menn vm heims bygd alla . draup heimur enn dol|gum steyper dygguann þotti verolld hryggia .
(TW)
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