Mark Eirdr 20II/8 — grand ‘the harmer’
Heiðin vôru hjǫrtu lýða
hryggðarfull í Vinða byggðum;
eldi sveif of ótal haulda;
Eirekr brenndi sali þeira.
Eisur kyndusk hôtt í húsum;
hallir nôðu vítt at falla;
óttu leið, en uppi þótti
elris grand í himni standa.
Heiðin hjǫrtu lýða vôru hryggðarfull í byggðum Vinða; eldi sveif of ótal haulda; Eirekr brenndi sali þeira. Eisur kyndusk hôtt í húsum; hallir nôðu at falla vítt; óttu leið, en grand elris þótti standa uppi í himni.
The heathen hearts of people were sorrowful in the settlements of the Wends; fire swept around an untold number of freeholders; Eiríkr burned their halls. Flames were kindled high in the houses; halls fell far and wide; night passed, and the harmer of the alder-tree [FIRE] seemed to stretch up into heaven.
readings
[8] grand: grǫnd 180b
notes
[7-8] grand elris þótti ‘the harmer of the alder-tree [FIRE] seemed’: 180b offers a grammatically and metrically acceptable, but unlikely, alternative with the verb and the subject in the pl.: grǫnd elris þóttu ‘the harmers of the alder-tree seemed’.
kennings
- grand elris — the harmer of the alder-tree [FIRE]
grammar
case: nom.