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.
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?
Mss: 713(130), 399a-bˣ(7), 920ˣ(214r)
Readings: [3] birta: so 399a‑bˣ, 920ˣ, ‘b[...]rta’ 713
Editions: Skj AII, 518-19, Skj BII, 572, Skald II, 314, NN §2958, Kahle 1898, 69, 106, Sperber 1911, 45, 79.
Notes:
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Sperber, Hans, ed. 1911. Sechs isländische Gedichte legendarischen Inhalts. Uppsala Universitets årsskrift, filosofi, språkvetenskap och historiska vetenskaper 2. Uppsala: Akademische Buchdruckerei Edv. Berling.
- Kahle, Bernhard, ed. 1898. Isländische geistliche Dichtungen des ausgehenden Mittelalters. Heidelberg: Winter.
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