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.
Sættu ‘Reconcile’
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sætta (verb): reconcile, settle
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
drottin sólar;‘the lord of the sun; ’
= God
the lord of the sun; → God
drottin ‘the lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
drottin sólar;‘the lord of the sun; ’
= God
the lord of the sun; → God
syndir ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
játa ‘confess’
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1. játa (verb): agree
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þier ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
gráti ‘weeping’
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grátr (noun m.): weeping, crying
giftu ‘good fortune’
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1. gifta (noun f.): grace, fortune
fyld ‘full’
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fylla (verb): fill
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
guð ‘of divinity’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
krafti ‘strength’
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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power
göfgust ‘most noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hilmis ‘of the prince’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kæra ‘wife’
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1. kæra (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wife, woman
Trúðu ‘Believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
tók ‘’
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2. taka (verb): take
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
smíða ‘fashioned’
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smíða (verb): craft
traust ‘trust’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
kalla ‘call’
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kalla (verb): call
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skepnu ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
Lofn ‘Lofn’
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Lofn (noun f.): Lofn
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Lofn guðvefs,‘Lofn of velvet, ’
= WOMAN
Lofn of velvet, → WOMAN
guðvefs ‘of velvet’
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guðvefr (noun m.): precious fabric
kennings
Lofn guðvefs,‘Lofn of velvet, ’
= WOMAN
Lofn of velvet, → WOMAN
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
löstum ‘flaws’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice
hafna ‘discard’
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1. hafna (verb): abandon, reject
limr ‘the limb’
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limr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i/-; -ir acc. limu/limi): [limb]
kennings
limr fylkis himna.‘the limb of the king of the heavens.’
= HOLY WOMAN
the king of the heavens. → God
the limb of GOD → HOLY WOMAN
mælti ‘spoke’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fylkis ‘of the king’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
kennings
limr fylkis himna.‘the limb of the king of the heavens.’
= HOLY WOMAN
the king of the heavens. → God
the limb of GOD → HOLY WOMAN
fylkis ‘of the king’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
kennings
limr fylkis himna.‘the limb of the king of the heavens.’
= HOLY WOMAN
the king of the heavens. → God
the limb of GOD → HOLY WOMAN
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
limr fylkis himna.‘the limb of the king of the heavens.’
= HOLY WOMAN
the king of the heavens. → God
the limb of GOD → HOLY WOMAN
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
limr fylkis himna.‘the limb of the king of the heavens.’
= HOLY WOMAN
the king of the heavens. → God
the limb of GOD → HOLY WOMAN
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‘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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