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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Mark Eirdr 4II

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 4’ 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. 436-7.

Markús SkeggjasonEiríksdrápa
345

text and translation

Vár ǫndurt bjó Vinða rýrir
veglig flaust ór Gǫrðum austan;
hlýrum skaut á hola bôru
helmings oddr í sumars broddi.
Hlýðu studdi borðvið breiðan
bróðir Knúts í veðri óðu;
síðan knátti svikfolks eyðir
snilli kenndr við Danmǫrk lenda.

Ǫndurt vár bjó {rýrir Vinða} veglig flaust austan ór Gǫrðum; í broddi sumars skaut {oddr helmings} hlýrum á hola bôru. {Bróðir Knúts} studdi breiðan borðvið hlýðu í óðu veðri; {eyðir svikfolks}, kenndr snilli, knátti síðan lenda við Danmǫrk.
 
‘At the onset of spring the vanquisher of the Wends [= Eiríkr] prepared noble ships [to travel] from the east out of Russia; at the beginning of summer the leader of the unit [WARRIOR] launched the bows onto the curving billow. The brother of Knútr [= Eiríkr] protected the broad plank-wood with a washboard in the turbulent weather; the destroyer of treacherous people [JUST RULER], skilled in eloquence, then put to shore in Denmark.

notes and context

Eiríkr’s return from Russia to Denmark (see st. 3 above).

As was the case with the previous st., the prose clearly paraphrases the poetry, and no other source mentions Eiríkr’s return to Denmark from this journey to Russia. The saga is also vague on the date of his return, but it seems to have taken place prior to 1095 (see Note to st. 3 [All] above). Saxo (2005, II, 12, 3, 1, pp. 66-7) tells us that Eiríkr was summoned from Sweden to assume the sovereignty of Denmark upon the death of his brother Óláfr (d. 1095).

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Markús Skeggjason, 1. Eiríksdrápa 5: AI, 445, BI, 414-15, Skald I, 204-5; 1741, 142-3, ÍF 35, 213 (ch. 70).

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