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Cite as: Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 36’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328. hljót grundar njóta mjaðar Yggs; þengill glaðar her drengja; knák hljóta mæti hans.
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{The gold-distributor} [GENEROUS MAN = Einarr, I] lets {the recipient of land} [RULER] enjoy {the mead of Yggr}; [POEM] the ruler gladdens the host of warriors; I can receive his precious gifts.
context: The helmingr is quoted in SnE (Skm) to illustrate how ‘gold’ is used in kennings for ‘man’ (specifying gollsendir ‘gold-distributor’).
notes: The stanza, with its unequivocal presumption of a reward for the composition, is part of the conclusion of the drápa. Krömmelbein (1983, 175) views it as a stef stanza on the basis of the poetry-kenning, but this is insufficient evidence. Referring to an episode of Jvs, Ohlmarks (1958, 387) claims that the stanza introduced the section about the battle with the Jómsvíkingar (see Introduction).
texts: ‹Skm 199›,
‹SnE 201›
editions: Skj Einarr Helgason skálaglamm: 3. Vellekla 33 (AI, 130; BI, 123); Skald I, 69, NN §410; SnE 1848-87, I, 406-7, II, 323, 434, 534, 583, SnE 1931, 145, SnE 1998, I, 62.
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In that passage, there are 22 occurrences of the letter "f."
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