Mark Eirdr 6II
Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 6’ 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. 438-9.
Vǫrgum ‘outlaws’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
eyddi ‘destroyed’
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2. eyða (verb; °-dd-): destroy
Vinða ‘of the Wends’
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Vinðr (noun m.; °; vinðr/-ir): the Wends
kennings
Fergir Vinða‘The vanquisher of the Wends ’
= Eiríkr
The vanquisher of the Wends → Eiríkr
fergir ‘The vanquisher’
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fergir (noun m.): destroyer
kennings
Fergir Vinða‘The vanquisher of the Wends ’
= Eiríkr
The vanquisher of the Wends → Eiríkr
víking ‘piracy’
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víking (noun f.; °dat./acc. -/-u): viking journey
[2] víking: so 873ˣ, 20b I, ‘virking’ JÓ, víkingum 180b
notes
[2] víking ‘piracy’: The first recorded instance of the abstract f. noun víking in skaldic verse (Jesch 2003, 268).
hepti ‘put an end to’
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hefta (verb): restrain, end
konungr ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
fíkjum ‘fiercely’
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fíkjum (adv.): fiercely
þjófa ‘thieves’’
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þjófr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): thief
hendr ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
þengill ‘the prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
stýfa ‘to be struck off’
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stýfa (verb): cut
þegnum ‘men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
[4] þegnum: ‘þeknum’ 180b
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[4] kunni ‘he knew’: ÍF 35 retains the pron. hann ‘he’ (so all mss), which makes the l. hypermetrical.
ósið ‘for wrong behaviour’
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ósiðr (noun m.): immorality
hegna ‘how to punish’
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hegna (verb): punish
frásk ‘was it heard said’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
[5] frásk: fréttu 20b I, fráttu 180b
notes
[5] frásk ‘was it heard said’: Fráttu ‘you heard’ (so 180b) is also possible (and preferred by ÍF 35), but requires elision across a syntactic boundary.
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
Eirekr ‘Eiríkr’
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Eiríkr (noun m.): Eiríkr
vildi ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
allréttligum ‘the right’
dómi ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
kunni ‘knew’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
sér ‘his’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
sælu ‘well-being’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss
sigrs ‘of victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
kennings
valdari sigrs‘the wielder of victory ’
= WARRIOR
the wielder of victory → WARRIOR
valdari ‘the wielder’
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valdari (noun m.): [wielder]
kennings
valdari sigrs‘the wielder of victory ’
= WARRIOR
the wielder of victory → WARRIOR
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
lǫg ‘the laws’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law
halda ‘to observe’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
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The vanquisher of the Wends [= Eiríkr] destroyed outlaws; the king put an end to piracy fiercely; the prince caused thieves’ hands to be struck off; he knew how to punish men for wrong behaviour. Never was it heard said, that Eiríkr wished to sway the right judgement; the wielder of victory [WARRIOR] knew well to observe the laws of God for his well-being.
The strict but just nature of Eiríkr’s reign.
Saxo (2005, II, 12, 3, 4, pp. 68-9) also comments on Eiríkr’s fairness and his harsh punishment of transgressions.
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