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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GunnLeif Merl I 64VIII/2 — Káðvaládrus ‘Cadwallader’

‘Kalla mun Kónan         Káðvaládrus
ok skilfinga*         Skotlandi af.
Rýkr af grimmu         Gǫndlar éli;
verðr it mikla         malmþing háit.

Káðvaládrus mun kalla Kónan ok skilfinga* af Skotlandi. Rýkr af grimmu éli Gǫndlar; it mikla malmþing verðr háit.

Cadwallader will summon Conan and kings from Scotland. Smoke will rise from the savage storm of Gǫndul <valkyrie> [BATTLE]; the great metal-encounter [BATTLE] will be waged.

readings

[2] Káðvaládrus: Káðvaladría Hb

notes

[2] Káðvaládrus ‘Cadwallader’: Emended in Bret 1848-9 (followed by subsequent eds) from ms. Káðvaladría (not refreshed); the spelling perhaps results from a misunderstanding of this word as a national instead of a pers. n. Bret 1848-9 appears to make Kónan the subject and Káðvaladrús the object, but this, if not simply an artifact of word inversion, deviates unnecessarily from Geoffrey’s text.

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