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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Mark Eirdr 31II

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 31’ 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. 459-60.

Markús SkeggjasonEiríksdrápa
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Ræsir lét af roðnum hausi
Rínar sól á marfjǫll skína.

Ræsir lét {sól Rínar} skína af roðnum hausi á {marfjǫll}.

The king made {the sun of the Rhine <river>} [GOLD] shine from the reddened skull onto {the sea-mountains} [WAVES].

Mss: R(39v), Tˣ(41r), U(38r), B(6r), 744ˣ(40v), C(9r) (SnE)

Readings: [2] Rínar: rína Tˣ;    ‑fjǫll: fjǫl B, ‑fold C;    skína: ‘s[…]a’ B, ‘skína’ 744ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 445, Skj BI, 415, Skald I, 205; SnE 1848-87, I, 518-19, II, 342, 539, 606, SnE 1931, 182, SnE 1998, I, 101.

Context: As sts 1-2 above. In SnE (Skm) the name of the second son of Hálfdan and Alvig, Ræsir, is given as a heiti for kings and jarls.

Notes: [1] af roðnum hausi ‘from the reddened skull’: Ornamental figurehead at a ship’s stem. See Notes to Valg Har 10/5, 11/4.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
  5. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  6. Internal references
  7. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 24 April 2024)
  9. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 10’ 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. 308-9.
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