Kálfsvísa
The Kálfsvísa ("Kálfr's vísa", Kálfr being maybe the name of its author[1]), sometimes mistakenly called Alsvinnsmál,[2] is a poem partially preserved in Snorri Sturluson’s Skáldskaparmál.
Its three stanzas in fornyrðislag mostly consist of a þula of horses and their riders, Norse heroes (for instance Grani and Sigurðr). The Kálfsvísa also includes a narrative dealing with the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern between Áli and Aðils.[3]
- 262.
- Dagr reið Drösli,
- en Dvalinn Móðni,
- Hjalmr Háfeta,
- en Haki Fáki,
- reið bani Belja
- Blóðughófa,
- en Skævaði
- skati Haddingja.
- 263.
- Vésteinn Vali,
- en Vífill Stúfi,
- Meinþjófr Mói,
- en Morginn Vakri,
- Áli Hrafni,
- er til íss riðu,
- en annarr austr
- und Aðilsi
- grár hvarfaði,
- geiri undaðr.
- 264.
- Björn reið Blakki,
- en Bjárr Kerti,
- Atli Glaumi,
- en Aðils Slöngvi,
- Högni Hölkvi,
- en Haraldr Fölkvi,
- Gunnarr Gota,
- en Grana Sigurð.[4]
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- Dagr rode Drösull ("Roamer"),
- And Dvalinn rode Módnir ("Spirited");
- Hjálmthér, Háfeti ("High-Heels");
- Haki rode Fákr;
- The Slayer of Beli
- Rode Blódughófi,
- And Skævadr was ridden
- By the Ruler of Haddings.
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- Vésteinn rode Valr,
- And Vifill rode Stúfr;
- Meinthjófr rode Mór,
- And Morginn on Vakr ("Watchful, Nimble, Ambling, or perhaps Hawk");
- Áli rode Hrafn,
- They who rode onto the ice:
- But another, southward,
- Under Adils,
- A gray one, wandered,
- Wounded with the spear.
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- Björn rode Blakkr,
- And Bjárr rode Kertr ("Related to Kerti = a candle?");
- Atli rode Glaumr ("Tumult"),
- And Adils on Slöngvir ("Slinger");
- Högni on Hölvir (Horse; etymology?"),
- And Haraldr on Fölkvir (?);
- Gunnarr rode Goti ("Goth"),
- And Sigurdr, Grani ("Shining-Lip?").[5]
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Notes
- ↑ Simek, Rudolf. Hermann Pálsson. 2007. Lexikon der altnordischen Literatur: die mittelalterliche Literatur Norwegens und Islands. Stuttgart: Kröner. ISBN 978-3-520-49002-5.
- ↑ In the Skáldskaparmál, Alsvinnsmál is also used as an alternative name for the Eddic poem Alvíssmál, Alsvinnr and Alvíss both meaning "All-wise".
- ↑ This battle is also referred to in the Skáldskaparmál (44), in the Ynglinga saga (29), in the Skjöldunga saga and in Beowulf (2391-2396).)
- ↑ Skálskaparmál at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad, Norway.
- ↑ Translation by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur at Cybersamurai.
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