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.
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3. vár (noun n.): spring
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ǫndurr (noun m.; °-s): front, onset
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Vinðr (noun m.; °; vinðr/-ir): the Wends
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour < vegligr (adj.): magnificent
[2] ‑lig: ‑ligt 180b
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3. ór (prep.): out of
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Garðar (noun m.): Russia
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austan (adv.): from the east
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2. hlýr (noun n.; °-s; -): cheek, bow
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skjóta (verb): shoot
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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holr (adj.): open
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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave
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helmingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): unit, troop
[4] helmings ‘of the unit’: For this military term, see Note to Valg Har 4/1.
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
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í (prep.): in, into
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sumarr (noun m.): [summer]
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broddr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): point of spear or arrow
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1. hlýða (noun f.): washboard
[5] hlýðu ‘a washboard’: Suggested meanings for hlýða include ‘cabin’ and ‘bow’; see Jesch (2001a, 143) for the range of previous interpretations and argument for ‘washboard’. See also st. 14/3 below and Note to Halli XI, Fl 1/6 above.
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2. styðja (verb): protect, support
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borðviðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i): [plank-wood]
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
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Knútr (noun m.): Knútr
[6] Knúts ‘of Knútr’: S. Knútr Sveinsson, Eiríkr’s older brother and king of Denmark (r. 1080-6).
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í (prep.): in, into
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
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2. óðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): raging, furious
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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knega (verb): to know, understand, be able to
[7] knátti: so 20b I, ‘knadi’ JÓ, 873ˣ, ‘knade’ 180b
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1. svik (noun n.; °-s; -): deceit, treachery; poison < svikfolk (noun n.)
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eyðir (noun m.): destroyer
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snilli (noun f.): eloquence
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kenna (verb): know, teach
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
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2. lenda (verb): give land, put ashore
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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.
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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