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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Kálf Kátr 11VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 938-9.

Kálfr HallssonKátrínardrápa
101112

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Stillir frietti hljóði hvellu
hafnar glóða eik að nafni;
fljóðið gjörði að birta bæði
baugs veitanda ætt og heiti.
Síðan spurði siklingr Þrúði
sævar bála sneldr í máli:
‘hvárt ætlar þú, hranna kertis,
hilmi, skorð, að sigra orðum?

Stillir frietti {eik {glóða hafnar}} hvellu hljóði að nafni; fljóðið gjörði að birta {veitanda baugs} bæði ætt og heiti. Síðan spurði siklingr {Þrúði {bála sævar}} sneldr í máli: ‘hvárt ætlar þú, {skorð {kertis hranna}}, að sigra hilmi orðum?
 
‘The ruler asked the oak of the red-hot embers of the harbour [GOLD > WOMAN] in a shrill voice for her name; the woman was prepared to reveal to the giver of the ring [GENEROUS MAN] both her heritage and her name. Subsequently, the king asked the Þrúðr <goddess> of the fires of the sea [GOLD > WOMAN] harsh in his speech: ‘do you intend, prop of the candle of the waves [GOLD > WOMAN], to win victory over the prince with words?

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Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 11: AII, 518-19, BII, 572, Skald II, 314, NN §2958, Kahle 1898, 69, 106, Sperber 1911, 45, 79.

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