Kali Sæbjarnarson (Kali)
12th century; volume 2; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;
Lausavísa (Lv) - 1
Kali Sæbjarnarson (Kali) was a Norw. chieftain who married Gunnhildr, the daughter of Jarl Erlendr Þorfinnsson of Orkney (see Genealogy II in ÍF 34). Their son was Kolr Kalason, the father of Jarl Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson of Orkney (Rv). According to Orkn (ÍF 34, 100) and H-Hr (Fms 7, 50), Kali died in the Hebrides (1098-9) on King Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson’s first expedition to the west.
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Kali LvII
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Introduction to) Kali Sæbjarnarson, Lausavísa’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 393-4.
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Skj: Kali Sæbjarnarson: Lausavísa, 1098 (AI, 434, BI, 404); stanzas (if different): [v]
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Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Kali Sæbjarnarson, Lausavísa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 393-4. Hvé launa þér þínir
þingmæltir dýrlingar
— vestr bifask rengr í rǫstum —
— reyn oss jǫfurr! — hnossir?
| Hvé launa þingmæltir dýrlingar þínir þér hnossir? Vestr bifask rengr í rǫstum; reyn oss, jǫfurr! How do your assembly-eloquent darlings repay you for your treasures? In the west, ship-frames tremble in the currents; test us, prince!
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texts: ‹Flat 674›,
‹H-Hr 273›,
‹Mork 165›,
‹Orkn 31› editions: Skj Kali Sæbjarnarson: Lausavísa (AI, 434; BI, 404); Skald I, 199; Mork 1867, 152, Mork 1928-32, 331, Andersson and Gade 2000, 309, 487-8 (Mberf); Fms 7, 49 (Mberf ch. 24); Flat 1860-8, II, 429, Orkn 1913-16, 106, ÍF 34, 99 (ch. 41).
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