Kálf Kátr 16VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 942.
Bragnar ‘men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
lietu ‘lost’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
báli ‘fire’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
heitu ‘hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
blessað ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
vífi ‘woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
lík ‘bodies’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
heilög ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
láði ‘earth’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hylja ‘cover’
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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume
lýða ‘of people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
sveit ‘a host’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
allri ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
prýði ‘pomp’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
Hárið ‘the hair’
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2. hár (noun n.; °-s; -): hair
kunni ‘could’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
ei ‘Neither’
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3. ei (adv.): not
heldr ‘’
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heldr (adv.): rather
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
brenna ‘burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
hrannar ‘of the wave’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
kennings
viðum bliks hrannar;‘the woods of the gleam of the wave; ’
= MEN
the gleam of the wave; → GOLD
the woods of the GOLD → MEN
hrannar ‘of the wave’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
kennings
viðum bliks hrannar;‘the woods of the gleam of the wave; ’
= MEN
the gleam of the wave; → GOLD
the woods of the GOLD → MEN
bliks ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam
kennings
viðum bliks hrannar;‘the woods of the gleam of the wave; ’
= MEN
the gleam of the wave; → GOLD
the woods of the GOLD → MEN
bliks ‘of the gleam’
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blik (noun n.): gleam
kennings
viðum bliks hrannar;‘the woods of the gleam of the wave; ’
= MEN
the gleam of the wave; → GOLD
the woods of the GOLD → MEN
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
viðum ‘the woods’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[6] viðum: viði all
kennings
viðum bliks hrannar;‘the woods of the gleam of the wave; ’
= MEN
the gleam of the wave; → GOLD
the woods of the GOLD → MEN
en ‘nor’
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4. en (conj.): than
annað ‘anything else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
ýtendr ‘the launchers’
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ýtandi (noun m.): giver, launcher
kennings
ýtendr fress öldu‘the launchers of the bear of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the bear of the wave → SHIP
the launchers of the SHIP → SEAFARERS
lofuðu ‘praised’
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lofa (verb): praise, permit
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
gæti eingla‘the guardian of angels ’
= God
the guardian of angels → God
gæti ‘the guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
gæti eingla‘the guardian of angels ’
= God
the guardian of angels → God
öldu ‘of the wave’
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alda (noun f.; °; *-ur): wave
kennings
ýtendr fress öldu‘the launchers of the bear of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the bear of the wave → SHIP
the launchers of the SHIP → SEAFARERS
öldu ‘of the wave’
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alda (noun f.; °; *-ur): wave
kennings
ýtendr fress öldu‘the launchers of the bear of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the bear of the wave → SHIP
the launchers of the SHIP → SEAFARERS
fress ‘of the bear’
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fress (noun m.; °; gen. -a): [bear, snarler]
kennings
ýtendr fress öldu‘the launchers of the bear of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the bear of the wave → SHIP
the launchers of the SHIP → SEAFARERS
fress ‘of the bear’
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fress (noun m.; °; gen. -a): [bear, snarler]
kennings
ýtendr fress öldu‘the launchers of the bear of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the bear of the wave → SHIP
the launchers of the SHIP → SEAFARERS
af ‘for’
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af (prep.): from
tákni ‘miracle’
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tákn (noun n.; °-s; -): token
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The men lost their blessed life in the hot fire, but a host of people went with the woman to cover in earth the holy bodies with all pomp. Neither the hair nor anything else could burn on the woods of the gleam of the wave [GOLD > MEN]; the launchers of the bear of the wave [SHIP > SEAFARERS] praised the guardian of angels [= God] for this miracle.
In the prose text the martyrdom of the wise men is preceded by lengthy dialogue between them and Catherine; details of their corpses’ invulnerability to fire are the same in both texts (Unger 1877, I, 407; Wolf 2003, 130): ...ok fundu likami þeira oskadda, sva at eigi var helldr brunnit hárit af þeim en annat ‘...and they found their bodies unscathed, so that neither their hair nor anything else of them was burnt’.
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