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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞKolb Eirdr 15I

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 15’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 510.

Þórðr KolbeinssonEiríksdrápa
141516

text and translation

Hvatr vann Freyr á flotna
folkstafns, sás gaf hrafni
sollit hold né sjaldan,
sverðs eggja spor leggi.
Snjallr lét opt, ok olli,
Eirekr, bana þeira,
— rauð Hringmaraheiði
herr — Engla lið þverra.

{Hvatr Freyr {folkstafns}}, sás né sjaldan gaf hrafni sollit hold, vann {spor eggja sverðs} á leggi flotna. Snjallr Eirekr lét opt lið Engla þverra ok olli bana þeira; herr rauð Hringmaraheiði.
 
‘The brave Freyr <god> of the battle-stem [SWORD > WARRIOR], who not seldom gave swollen flesh to the raven, made tracks of the edges of the sword [WOUNDS] on the limbs of men. Valiant Eiríkr often made the troop of the English diminish and caused their deaths; the army reddened Ringmere Heath.

notes and context

At Hringmaraheiðr (Ringmere Heath) Eiríkr fights for a second time against the English.

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Skj: Þórðr Kolbeinsson, 3. Eiríksdrápa 12: AI, 216, BI, 206, Skald I, 108, NN §2755; 1741, 26-7, Knýtl 1919-25, 47, ÍF 35, 118-19 (ch. 15).

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