Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Mark Eirdr 21II

Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2009, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Eiríksdrápa 21’ 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. 450.

Markús SkeggjasonEiríksdrápa

text and translation

Eirekr vas með uppreist hôri;
undan flýðu Vinðr af stundu;
gjǫld festu þá grimmir hauldar;
gumnar urðu sigri numnir.
Yngvi talði erfðir þangat;
alþýða varð stilli hlýða;
veldi réð því ástvinr aldar
einart; lá þat fyrr und Sveini.

Eirekr vas með hôri uppreist; Vinðr flýðu undan af stundu; grimmir hauldar festu þá gjǫld; gumnar urðu numnir sigri. Yngvi talði erfðir þangat; alþýða varð hlýða stilli; {ástvinr aldar} réð því veldi einart; þat lá fyrr und Sveini.
‘Eiríkr had great success; the Wends fled from there without delay; fierce freeholders then pledged tribute; men were deprived of victory. The king declared his inheritance rights there; all the people had to obey the prince; the beloved friend of people [RULER] ruled that realm continuously; that lay previously under Sveinn.

notes and context

As sts 14-20 above. At the end of the campaign, Eiríkr exacted heavy payments from the Wends and reclaimed his ancestral territory.




editions and texts

Skj: Markús Skeggjason, 1. Eiríksdrápa 23: AI, 449, BI, 417-18, Skald I, 206; 1741, 156-7, ÍF 35, 226 (ch. 76).


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