Kálf Kátr 10VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 938.
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
Kristr ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
drottinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
drottna ‘of Lords’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dýrka ‘worship’
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dýrka (verb; °-að-): glorify, worship
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kvað ‘spoke’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[2] kvað: so 399a‑bˣ, 920ˣ, ‘ku[...]’ 713
falda ‘of headdresses’
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faldr (noun m.; °; -ar): headdress
kennings
Nanna falda,‘the Nanna of headdresses, ’
= WOMAN
the Nanna of headdresses, → WOMAN
Nanna ‘the Nanna’
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Nanna (noun f.): Nanna
kennings
Nanna falda,‘the Nanna of headdresses, ’
= WOMAN
the Nanna of headdresses, → WOMAN
föður ‘Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
son ‘Son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
leiða ‘to remove’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
fjandans ‘the devil’s’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
tál ‘deceit’
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1. tál (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): deceit
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
helgan ‘Holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
anda ‘Spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
Skíraz ‘be baptised’
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skíra (verb): baptise, purify
láttu ‘Let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
skatna ‘of men’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
kennings
stýrir skatna’,‘ruler of men’, ’
= KING
ruler of men’, → KING
stýrir ‘ruler’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
kennings
stýrir skatna’,‘ruler of men’, ’
= KING
ruler of men’, → KING
skorð ‘the prop’
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skorð (noun f.): prop
kennings
skorð borða‘the prop of embroidery ’
= WOMAN
the prop of embroidery → WOMAN
notes
[6] skorð borða ‘the prop of embroidery’: LP: borð, n. ‘board, plank, table’, lists the kenning vizku skorð borða ‘the wise woman’; so Skj B. Sperber and Kock (NN §1776) believe that borða is gen. sg. of borði, m. ‘textile, fabric, tapestry, embroidery’, and that vizku, dat. sg. of vizka, f. ‘wisdom’, serves as a modal dat. (‘with wisdom’). That interpretation is adopted here.
mælti ‘spoke’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
vizku ‘with wisdom’
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vizka (noun f.; °-u): wisdom
borða ‘of embroidery’
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borði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): embroidery
kennings
skorð borða‘the prop of embroidery ’
= WOMAN
the prop of embroidery → WOMAN
notes
[6] skorð borða ‘the prop of embroidery’: LP: borð, n. ‘board, plank, table’, lists the kenning vizku skorð borða ‘the wise woman’; so Skj B. Sperber and Kock (NN §1776) believe that borða is gen. sg. of borði, m. ‘textile, fabric, tapestry, embroidery’, and that vizku, dat. sg. of vizka, f. ‘wisdom’, serves as a modal dat. (‘with wisdom’). That interpretation is adopted here.
leyndar ‘hidden’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
skaltu ‘you must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
lýsa ‘proclaim’
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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show
syndir ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
lærðri ‘learned’
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2. læra (verb): learned
sveit ‘host’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
kasta ‘cast off’
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1. kasta (verb): throw
flærðum ‘falsehood’
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flærð (noun f.): falsehood, deceit
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‘Jesus Christ is the Lord of Lords, worship him’ spoke the Nanna <goddess> of headdresses [WOMAN], ‘ask the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit to remove from you the devil’s deceit. Let yourself be baptised, ruler of men [KING]’, this the prop of embroidery [WOMAN] spoke with wisdom, ‘you must proclaim hidden sins to the learned host and cast off falsehood’.
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