Mberf Lv 3II/2 — Maktildr ‘Maktildr’
Sús ein, es mér meinar,
Maktildr, ok vekr hildi
— már drekkr suðr ór sôrum
sveita — leik ok teiti.
Sá kennir mér svanni,
sín lǫnd es verr rǫndu,
— sverð bitu Hǫgna hurðir —
hvítjarpr sofa lítit.
Sús ein, Maktildr, es meinar mér leik ok teiti ok vekr hildi; suðr drekkr már sveita ór sôrum. Sá hvítjarpr svanni, es verr lǫnd sín rǫndu, kennir mér sofa lítit; sverð bitu hurðir Hǫgna.
There is one, Maktildr, who denies me fun and pleasure and stirs up strife; in the south the seagull of gore [RAVEN/EAGLE] drinks from wounds. That lady with the light-brown hair, who defends her lands with the shield, teaches me to sleep but little; swords bit the doors of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [SHIELDS].
readings
[2] Maktildr: makthildr H, matthildr Hr, F, E
notes
[2] Maktildr: Maktildr may have been Matilda, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 13 November 1093) and Margaret, the great-grand-daughter of Edmund Ironside (see Poole 1985, 116-17). Matilda (d. 1 May 1118) was brought up in the care of her aunt Christina, abbess of Wilton, and she married King Henry I of England in 1100 (see Anderson 1922, II, 120-4; Chibnall 1991, 7-11).