Kristsdrápa — Ólsv KristdrIII
Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson
Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Kristsdrápa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 314. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1330> (accessed 3 May 2024)
These two fragments,
Kristsdrápa ‘
Drápa about Christ’ (
Ólsv Kristdr), are transmitted in the Y redaction of
LaufE (mss
2368ˣ,
743ˣ), and they were copied from a
LaufE ms. in RE 1665(Ji). Ms.
743ˣ has the superior readings and is therefore the main ms. The editions in
Skj and
Skald are based on
743ˣ only. The fragments are transmitted consecutively in
LaufE and are attributed to Óláfr Leggsson in both mss. They are clearly taken from a religious poem (or poems), but the title of this putative poem is a modern construct (
Skj B:
En drape om Kristus (?) ‘A
drápa about Christ (?)’;
Skald:
Religiös dråpa ‘A religious
drápa’), and there is no evidence that they belonged to the same poem and that this was a
drápa about Christ.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 3 May 2024)
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