Kálf Kátr 8VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 937.
text and translation
‘Undraz þarftu ei hofið með höndum’,
heilög mær talar slíkt við deili,
‘heldur líttu á himin og öldu’,
hrannar báls, ‘og sól, gjört manna.
Þjóðar, hygg þú að þessu smíði
þeingils, fylkir, helgra eingla;
mildingr skrýddi mána foldar
mannligu holdi guðdóm sannan.
Heilög mær talar slíkt við {deili {báls hrannar}}, ‘þarftu ei undraz hofið gjört með höndum manna; heldur líttu á himin og öldu og sól. Fylkir þjóðar, hygg þú að þessu smíði {þeingils helgra eingla}; {mildingr {foldar mána}} skrýddi sannan guðdóm mannligu holdi.
‘The holy maiden speaks thus to the distributor of the fire of the wave [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], ‘You need not admire the temple made by the hands of men, rather look at the sky and wave and sun. King of people, consider this work of the king of holy angels [= God]; the prince of the land of the moon [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] adorned the true Godhead with human flesh.’
notes and context
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
images‘Undraz þarftu ei hofið með höndum’,
heilög mær talar slíkt við deili,
‘heldur líttu á himin og öldu’,
hrannar báls, ‘og sól, gjört manna.
Þjóðar, hygg þú að þessu smíði
þeingils, fylkir, helgra eingla;
mildingr skrýddi mána †fo[...]†
mannligu holdi guðdóm sannan.Vndrazt þarftu eí hofit med ho᷎ndum. heilo᷎g mær talar slikt uíd deile. helldr | líttv || ꜳ hímen ok o᷎lldv hrannar bals ok solgert manna / þiodar hygg þu at þessu smídí þeing | ilꜱ fylkir helgra eingla. milldingr skryddí mana fo[...] manligv holldi guddom sannan. |
(KW)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) — 5 - 5
‘Undraz þarftu ei hofið með höndum’,
heilög mær talar slíkt við deili,
‘heldur líttu á himin og öldu’,
hrannar báls, ‘og sól, gjört manna.
Þjóðar, hygg þú að þessu smíði
þeingils, fylkir, helgra eingla;
mildingr skrýddi mána foldar
mannligu holdi guðdóm sannan. -
AM 920 4°x (920x) — 213v - 214r
‘Undraz þarftu ei hofið með höndum’,
images
heilög mær talar slíkt við deili,
‘heldur líttu á himin og öldu’,
hrannar báls, ‘og sól, gjört manna.
Þjóðar, hygg þú að þessu smíði
þeingils, fylkir, helgra eingla;
mildingr skrýddi mána fold
mannligu holdi guðdóm sannan.
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 8: AII, 518, BII, 571, Skald II, 314, NN §2958A, Kahle 1898, 68, 106, Sperber 1911, 44-5, 79.
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