Knirk, James E.. Runes from Trondheim and a Stanza by Egill Skalla-Grímsson

• Author: Knirk, James E.
• Title: Runes from Trondheim and a Stanza by Egill Skalla-Grímsson
• Published in: Studien zum Altgermanischen: Festschrift für Heinrich Beck
• Editor: Heiko Uecker
• Place, Publisher: Berlin: de Gruyter
• Year: 1994
• Pages: 411-20
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• Reference: Knirk, James E. "Runes from Trondheim and a Stanza by Egill Skalla-Grímsson." Studien zum Altgermanischen: Festschrift für Heinrich Beck, pp. 411-20. Ed. Heiko Uecker. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1994.

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• Key words: runes, textual relations, archaeology (rittengsl, rúnir, fornleifafræði)

Annotation

Looks at major episodes involving runes in Egils saga and discusses the archaeological evidence of runes, especially a particular runic inscription found which closely matches the saga’s 48th stanza (Skalat maðr rúnar rísta...).

Lýsing

Knirk tekur til meðferðar helstu kafla Eglu þar sem rúnir og rúnaristur koma við sögu. Einnig fjallar hann um vitnisburð fornleifa sem tengjast rúnum, sérstaklega rúnaristur sem líkjast mjög 48. vísu í Eglu (Skalat maðr rúnar rísta...).

References

Chapter 44: reist á rúnar: "The runic law evidenced here reminds one of various comments in Eddic poetry, specifically statements in Hávamál st.144 concerning the carving and coloring of runes and the mention on Sigrdrífumál sts.7-8 of “beer-runes” (ọlrúnar) which protect against mead mixed with poison" (p. 411).

Chapter 74: rúnar rista: “48. Skalat maðr rúnar rísta”... "It appears then most likely that the runic verse preserves an older half-stanza that was remoulded by tradition or by the author of Egils saga into the first half of the stanza Skalat maðr rúnar rísta" (p. 418).

Links

• Written by: Jane Appleton
• Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason