Kálf Kátr 5VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 935.
text and translation
Alexandría hiet borg, sú er brendra
bauga Hlín með frændum sínum
stödd var í, þá er margar mæddu
mótgjörðirnar líkam snótar.
Odda flaums rieð öllum heimi
— eg nefni svá keisarann — stefnir,
Maxencíus liet meizlur vinna,
Máríu sonar er þrælar váru.
Alexandría hiet borg, sú er {Hlín brendra bauga} var stödd í með frændum sínum, þá er margar mótgjörðirnar mæddu líkam snótar. {Stefnir {flaums odda}} rieð öllum heimi — eg nefni svá keisarann — Maxencíus liet meizlur vinna, er váru {þrælar {sonar Máríu}}.
‘Alexandria was the name of the city, in which the Hlín <goddess> of burnished rings [WOMAN] lived with her relatives, when the many assaults tormented the body of the woman. The summoner of the stream of spear points [BATTLE > WARRIOR] ruled over the whole world — by this I mean the emperor — Maxentius had [those] undergo mutilation, who were the servants of the son of Mary [= Christ > CHRISTIAN PEOPLE].’
notes and context
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 713 4° (713) — 129 - 129
imagesAlexandria het borg suer brendra. bauga hlín med frændum sínum. sto᷎dd uar j þaer | // margar mæddu. motgiordirnar likam snotar / | odda flaumꜱ red o᷎llum heíme. ec nefni ꜱvo keísaran stefnir. maxencius let meízlur | vínna. maríu sonar er þrælar woru.// |
(KW)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) — 4 - 4
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AM 920 4°x (920x) — 213v - 213v
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 5: AII, 517, BII, 570, Skald II, 313, Kahle 1898, 68, 105, Sperber 1911, 44, 79.
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