Kálf Kátr 1VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 932-3.
text and translation
Drottinn, gief þú, dýrr, að eg mætta
dæmistóls, í hróðri sæma
alhreinasta ambátt þína,
Jésús Kristr, af mærðar húsi.
Þar næst beiði * milda móður
mána þeingils frægs og eingla
eg nú hljóðs, að oss skuli mýkja
arfa Halls, svá stirðni valla.
{Dýrr drottinn dæmistóls}, Jésús Kristr, gief þú, að eg mætta sæma alhreinasta ambátt þína í hróðri af {húsi mærðar}. Þar næst beiði * eg nú {milda móður {frægs þeingils mána}} og eingla hljóðs, að skuli mýkja oss, arfa Halls, svá stirðni valla.
‘Glorious Lord of the judgement seat [= God (= Christ)], Jesus Christ, grant that I might honour your very purest handmaid in praise from the house of encomium [MOUTH]. After that I now ask the gentle mother of the famous king of the moon [= God (= Christ) > = Mary] and the angels for a hearing, that they will make it easier for us [me], the heir of Hallur, so that it hardly becomes difficult.’
notes and context
This st., with sts 2 and 3, form a conventional opening to a religious drápa, in which the poet calls upon Christ, the Virgin Mary and a host of other sacred beings for help in praising S. Catherine.
readings
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
imagesDrottenn gef þu dyr at ec mætta. dæmi stolꜱ j hrodrí | sæma. at hreínazta ambatt þína. jesuꜱ krístr af mærdar huse / | þar næst beide ec millda modur. mana þeíngels frægs ok eingils. | eg nu hlíods at oss skule mykía. arfua hallz ꜱvo stírdne ualla·// |
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) — 2 - 2
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AM 920 4°x (920x) — 213r - 213r
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
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AM 1032 4°x (1032x) — 143/1 - 143/8
Drottínn gef þv mier ma̋tt | matto᷎gur bragar ha̋tt | svo at ek færdi faugur ord | fader vor i eínn stad | veittu fyrir valld þítt | valldande gvd vm alldur | astar i opit briost | ȯtta lausa mȧls nogt. |
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 1: AII, 516-17, BII, 569, Skald II, 312, NN §1774; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 235, Kahle 1898, 67, 105, Sperber 1911, 43, 77.
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