Kálf Kátr 22VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 945-6.
Keisarans ‘of the emperor’
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keisari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): emperor
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
kvón ‘wife’
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kván (noun f.; °-ar): wife
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
fýsaz ‘desire’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
Kátrínu ‘Catherine’
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Kátrína (noun f.): [Catherine]
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
tjá ‘relate’
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tjá (verb): to put in order, prepare
iðran ‘repentance’
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iðrun (noun f.; °iðranar/iðrunar): repentance
sína ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
bragnar ‘men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
vísa ‘show’
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2. vísa (verb): show
að ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
byrgðu ‘locked’
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byrgja (verb; °-rgð-): lock
húsi ‘house’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
bauga ‘of rings’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
Hlökk bauga‘the Hlökk of rings ’
= WOMAN
the Hlökk of rings → WOMAN
Hlökk ‘the Hlökk’
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2. Hlǫkk (noun f.): Hlǫkk
kennings
Hlökk bauga‘the Hlökk of rings ’
= WOMAN
the Hlökk of rings → WOMAN
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
grímu ‘night’
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gríma (noun f.; °-u): night, darkness; mask
dökkri ‘dark’
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døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark
Brekku ‘slope’
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brekka (noun f.; °-u; -ur): slope
kennings
brekku elda síka‘the slope of the fires of ditches ’
= WOMAN
the fires of ditches → GOLD
the slope of the GOLD → WOMAN
frá ‘heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
brjósti ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
klökku ‘humble’
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kløkkr (adj.): flexible, humble
beygja ‘bent down’
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2. beygja (verb; °beygði): bend down, twist
svá ‘then’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
helgri ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
meyju ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
háleit ‘sublime’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
henni ‘to her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sæla ‘bliss’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss
himna ‘of the heavens’’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
veldis ‘realm’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
kennings
brekku elda síka‘the slope of the fires of ditches ’
= WOMAN
the fires of ditches → GOLD
the slope of the GOLD → WOMAN
kennings
brekku elda síka‘the slope of the fires of ditches ’
= WOMAN
the fires of ditches → GOLD
the slope of the GOLD → WOMAN
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
brekku elda síka‘the slope of the fires of ditches ’
= WOMAN
the fires of ditches → GOLD
the slope of the GOLD → WOMAN
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
brekku elda síka‘the slope of the fires of ditches ’
= WOMAN
the fires of ditches → GOLD
the slope of the GOLD → WOMAN
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The wife of the emperor began to desire to relate her repentance to Catherine; men show the Hlökk <valkyrie> of rings [WOMAN] on a dark night to the locked house. I heard that the slope of the fires of ditches [GOLD > WOMAN] then bent down with a humble breast before the holy maiden of the heavens’ realm; it was to her a sublime bliss.
In the prose account, the emperor’s wife enlists the help of the knight (riddari) Porphyry (see st. 26) to gain access to Catherine, and he bribes the prison guards at night (Unger 1877, I, 409-10; Wolf 2003, 132).
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