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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þloft Tøgdr 8I/4 — drápa ‘drápa (‘Journey drápa’)’

Gatk gollskata;
gǫrs leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.

Gatk gollskata; Tøgdrápa [e]s gǫr of bǫr leygs gráps gǫtu gunnvita.

I have got a gold-man [GENEROUS RULER = Knútr]; Tøgdrápa (‘Journey drápa’) is made about the tree of the flame of the hail-storm of the path of the battle-beacon [SWORD > SHIELD > BATTLE > SWORD > WARRIOR].

readings

[4] ‑drápa: so W, drôpu all others

notes

[4] Tøgdrápa ‘(“Journey drápa”)’: This is the only occurrence of the cpd in skaldic verse. It is taken here as the title of the poem, and it certainly came to be used as such, but it is not certain whether Þórarinn intended it as a title or as a technical term, ‘the poem in tøgdrápa metre’. The former would appear more likely if Þórarinn’s poem predates Sigv Knútdr, the latter if Sigvatr’s poem predates Þórarinn’s (see further Introduction on this and the probable meaning of Tøgdrápa).

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