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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Kálf Kátr 23VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 946.

Kálfr HallssonKátrínardrápa
222324

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‘Sættu mig við sólar drottin;
syndir játa eg þier með gráti,
giftu fyld og guðdóms krafti
göfgust mær’, kvað hilmis kæra.
‘Trúðu á þann, er tók að smíða
— traust kalla eg það — skepnu alla,
Lofn guðvefs, en löstum hafna’;
limr mælti svá fylkis himna.

‘Sættu mig við {drottin sólar}; eg játa þier syndir með gráti, göfgust mær, fyld giftu og krafti guðdóms’, kvað kæra hilmis. ‘Trúðu á þann, er tók að smíða alla skepnu — eg kalla það traust — {Lofn guðvefs}, en hafna löstum’: svá mælti {limr {fylkis himna}}.
 
‘‘Reconcile me with the lord of the sun [= God]; I confess to you my sins with weeping, most noble maiden, full of good fortune and strength of divinity’, said the wife of the prince. ‘Believe in him who fashioned all creation — I call that trust — Lofn <goddess> of velvet [WOMAN], but discard flaws’: thus spoke the limb of the king of the heavens [= God > HOLY WOMAN].

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 23: AII, 521, BII, 575, Skald II, 316, Kahle 1898, 72, 107, Sperber 1911, 48, 81.

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