ESk Lv 14^III

These two stanzas are recorded only in LaufE (mss papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ) and RE 1665, where they form a sequence with Lv 8-9 above. Ms. 743ˣ, which offers the better readings, is the main ms. The poet’s name is given as Einarr Skúlason (LaufE; Autore Einarr, RE 1665). Like Lv 8-9, Lv 14-15 are also characterised by sequences of short main clauses that each occupy one line (áttmælt ‘eight-times spoken’, see Introduction to Lv 8-9).

Stórt fellr gyrðill Garta;
grefr vindr Þrumu linda;
þýtr svalfjǫturr Selju;
svellr undrum men Hrundar.
Allt skelfr Brimlar belti;
brestr ern sili Hernar;
œst ferr umbgerð Hristar;
óðrs hringrinn Þrymlinga.

{Gyrðill Garta} fellr stórt; vindr grefr {linda Þrumu}; {svalfjǫturr Selju} þýtr; {men Hrundar} svellr undrum. {Allt belti Brimlar} skelfr; {ern sili Hernar} brestr; {umbgerð Hristar} ferr œst; óðrs {hringrinn Þrymlinga}.

{The girdle of Garten <island>} [SEA] crashes mightily; the wind carves {the band of Tromøy <island>} [SEA]; {the cool fetter of Selja <island>} [SEA] roars; {the necklace of Runde <island>} [SEA] swells terribly. {The entire belt of Briml <island>} [SEA] trembles; {the vigorous harness-strap of Hernar <island>} [SEA] bursts; {the sheath of Riste <island>} [SEA] moves madly; furious is {the ring of Tromlingene <island>} [SEA].

Mss: 743ˣ(70r-v), 2368ˣ(89), papp10ˣ(40v) (LaufE); RE 1665(Ee3)

Readings: [3] sval‑: sal‑ papp10ˣ;    Selju: ‘selni’ or ‘selin’ papp10ˣ    [6] ern: eru papp10ˣ, er RE 1665    [7] Hristar: ‘Hrestar’ RE 1665    [8] hringrinn (‘hringurinn’): ‘hrijngur’ 2368ˣ, ‘hringur’ RE 1665

Editions: Skj AI, 485, Skj BI, 457, Skald I, 225; LaufE 1979, 267-8, 343; Resen 1977, Ee3.

Context: As Lv 8-9 above in LaufE and RE 1665.

Notes: [1] Garta ‘of Garten <island>’: Near the southern peninsula of Ørlandet, north of Agdenes in Kråkvågfjorden, Sør-Trøndelag, western Norway. — [2] Þrumu ‘of Tromøy <island>’: Located near Arendal, Aust-Agder, southern Norway, and a little south of Tromlingene (l. 8). See also Þul Eyja 3/8. — [3] Selju ‘of Selja <island>’: Located south of Stadlandet in northern Sogn og Fjordane, on the western coast of Norway (see also Þul Eyja 2/1 and Þul Islands l. 3). — [4] Hrundar ‘of Runde <island>’: Located in Sunnmøre, southwest of Ålesund, western Norway (see also Þul Eyja 1/3). — [5] Brimlar ‘of Briml <island>’: This island has not been identified. Skj B emends to Bumlar, a reading adopted by Skald. That p. n. is unattested, however, and there is no entry for Buml in LP, which has Briml (or Brimul). The ON Brimilsey was an unknown island in Troms (see Heggstad et al. 2008: Briml), but it is not clear whether that island, whose first element must be derived from brimill (a species of seal, Phoca major), is the same as Briml in the present stanza. — [6] Hernar ‘of Hernar <island>’: Located in Hordaland, west of Radøy (see note to Lv 8/2 above). — [7] Hristar ‘of Riste <island>’: Located in Sunnmøre, south of Runde and north of Selja (see Notes to ll. 3, 4 above and Þul Eyja 5/1). — [8] hringrinn ‘the ring’: For the cliticisation of the def. art. ‑inn, see ANG §472. Ms. 743ˣ reads hringurinn ‘the ring’ with a cliticised def. art. and a C14th desyllabified [r], which makes the line hypermetrical. Árni Magnússon emended the 743ˣ reading to hringur, which is another C14th form. Skj B (and Skald) adopts the 2368ˣ variant óðr es hringr Þrymlinga ‘furious is the ring of Tromlingene’, which makes the line unmetrical (there is otherwise no such line in the inventory of dróttkvætt lines). — [8] Þrymlinga ‘of Tromlingene <island>’: See note to l. 2 above.

References

1. Bibliography
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3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
5. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
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8. Internal references
9. Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘(Biography of) Einarr Skúlason’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 140.
10. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 973.
11. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 975.
12. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 976.
13. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 979.
14. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Heiti for islands’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 994. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2987> (accessed 19 April 2024)
15. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 19 April 2024)