26 — Kálf Kátr 26VII
Cite as: Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 947-8.
Riddari, sá er leiddi eiginkván ræsis til ranns myrkrs fyr göfgan svanna, tók að kasta heiðni af orðum {Ságu {eiða linns}}. {Ýtir {elgs sólbyrðis}} sagðiz helgri meyju {gætis aldar} gilliga vafðr í glæpum öllum: ‘kenn mier að prísa guð Ísáks’.
The knight, who led the wife of the king to the house of darkness before the noble woman, abandoned heathendom because of the words {of the Sága <goddess> {of the lands of the serpent}} [GOLD > WOMAN]. {The launcher {of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board}} [SHIP > SEAFARER]] said to the holy maiden {of the guardian of the world} [= God] that he was thoroughly entangled in all crimes: ‘Teach me to praise the god of Isaac’.
editions: Skj [Anonyme digte og vers XIV]: [B. 11]. Katrínar drápa 26 (AII, 521; BII, 575-6); Skald II, 317, NN §§2764, 2958E, Kahle 1898, 72, 107, Sperber 1911, 49, 81.
JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) 15 - 15