Kálf Kátr 42VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 958.
‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta’,
Þundr mælti svá orma grundar,
‘pella brík, að ei píslir stækar
pálmar hneitis þier um veiti’.
‘Vielamaðr’, kvað veiti*selja
víns, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum;
aldri skal eg nú yðru veldi
unna; dýrka eg hilmi sunnu’.
‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta, {brík pella}’, svá mælti {Þundr {grundar orma}}, ‘að {pálmar hneitis} um veiti þier ei stækar píslir’. ‘Vielamaðr’, kvað {veiti*selja víns}, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum; eg skal nú aldri unna yðru veldi; eg dýrka {hilmi sunnu}’.
’Do not refuse to accept this, {screen of velvet} [WOMAN]’, thus spoke {the Þundr <= Óðinn> {of the land of serpents}} [GOLD > WARRIOR], ‘that {the palm trees of the sword} [WARRIORS] do not inflict on you violent tortures’. ‘Man of deceits’, said {the offering-willow of wine} [WOMAN], ‘do not delay my death; I shall now never love your power; I worship {the king of the sun} [= God]’.
Mss: 713(133), 399a-bˣ(23), 920ˣ(218r)
Readings: [3] að ei: ‘[...]’ 713, ‘(nam)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]’ 920ˣ; píslir: so 399a‑bˣ, 920ˣ, ‘pis[...]er’ 713 [4] pálmar hneitis: ‘[...]iz’ 713, ‘pálm(ar)’(?) followed by an open space 399a‑bˣ, ‘pálm [...] s’ 920ˣ [5] veiti*selja: veitis selja all [6] víns: ‘[...]s’ 713, om. 399a‑bˣ, ‘v [...]’ 920ˣ [8] hilmi: ‘hil[...]’ 713, ‘hil(mi)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘hil [...]’ 920ˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 524, Skj BII, 579-80, Skald II, 319, NN §3386B, Kahle 1898, 76, 108, Sperber 1911, 52-3, 82.
Notes: [3] að ... ei ‘that ... not’: Additional text suggested by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), as the l. is defective in all mss. — [4] pálmar hneitis ‘the palm trees of the sword [WARRIORS]’: This emendation was first suggested by Kahle and has been followed by all eds. An aðalhending with veit- is required. The same kenning occurs at 46/5.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- 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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