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Mark Eirdr 14II

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 14’ 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, p. 445.

Markús SkeggjasonEiríksdrápa
131415

Yngvi helt í óðastrǫngum
ǫldugangi skipum þangat;
hlýða skalf, en hristi grœðir
hélug bǫrð fyr Vinða gǫrðum.

Yngvi helt skipum þangat í óðastrǫngum ǫldugangi; hlýða skalf, en grœðir hristi hélug bǫrð fyr gǫrðum Vinða.

The king steered his ships there in the furiously turbulent motion of the waves; the washboard trembled, and the ocean shook the frosted prows offshore from the settlements of the Wends.

Mss: (152), 873ˣ(51r), 180b(30r) (Knýtl)

Readings: [1] helt: helt nú 180b    [3] hlýða: hlýðan JÓ, 873ˣ, ‘hlundan’ 180b;    hristi: hristir 180b    [4] hélug: heilug 180b;    gǫrðum: gerðum 180b

Editions: Skj AI, 447, Skj BI, 416, Skald I, 206; 1741, 152-3, ÍF 35, 222 (ch. 76).

Context: This helmingr and the following eight sts document Eiríkr’s expedition to Wendland and his victory there over Emperor Henry IV’s puppet chieftains and their men.

Notes: [All]: Saxo gives no detailed accounts of this or any other expeditions against the Wends. The prose narrative of Knýtl relies heavily on the content of the poetry. — [3] hlýða ‘the washboard’: See Note to st. 4/5 above. — [3] en ‘and’: Skj B and Skald emend to es ‘when’ against all ms. witnesses.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
  5. 1741 = Jón Ólafsson, ed. 1741. Æfi dana-konunga eda Knytlinga saga: Historia Cnutidarum regum Daniæ. Copenhagen: [n. p.].
  6. Internal references
  7. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Knýtlinga saga’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=19> (accessed 29 March 2024)
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