Kálf Kátr 26VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 947-8.
Riddari ‘knight’
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riddari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): knight
tók ‘’
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2. taka (verb): take
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ræsis ‘of the king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
leiddi ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
ranns ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
myrkrs ‘of darkness’
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1. myrkr (noun n.; °myrkrs/myrks; -): darkness
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
göfgan ‘noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
svanna ‘woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
eigin ‘’
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1. eigin (noun n.; °-s): property; seed < eiginkván (noun f.): °(lawful wedded) wife
kván ‘wife’
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kván (noun f.; °-ar): wife < eiginkván (noun f.): °(lawful wedded) wife
af ‘because of’
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af (prep.): from
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
Ságu ‘of the Sága’
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Sága (noun f.): [Sága, for Sága]
kennings
Ságu eiða linns.‘of the Sága of the lands of the serpent. ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the serpent. → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
eiða ‘of the lands’
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eið (noun n.; °-s; -): ?oath/headland
kennings
Ságu eiða linns.‘of the Sága of the lands of the serpent. ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the serpent. → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
eiða ‘of the lands’
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eið (noun n.; °-s; -): ?oath/headland
kennings
Ságu eiða linns.‘of the Sága of the lands of the serpent. ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the serpent. → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
linns ‘of the serpent’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
Ságu eiða linns.‘of the Sága of the lands of the serpent. ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the serpent. → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
linns ‘of the serpent’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
Ságu eiða linns.‘of the Sága of the lands of the serpent. ’
= WOMAN
the lands of the serpent. → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kasta ‘abandoned’
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1. kasta (verb): throw
heiðni ‘heathendom’
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heiðni (noun f.; °-): heathendom
Ýtir ‘launcher’
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ýtir (noun m.): giver
kennings
Ýtir elgs sólbyrðis‘The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] ’
= SEAFARER
the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] → SHIP
The launcher of the SHIP → SEAFARER
sagðiz ‘said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
aldar ‘of the world’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
kennings
gætis aldar‘of the guardian of the world that he ’
= God
the guardian of the world that he → God
gætis ‘of the guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
gætis aldar‘of the guardian of the world that he ’
= God
the guardian of the world that he → God
elgs ‘of the elk’
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elgr (noun m.; °-s; -ir/-ar): elk
kennings
Ýtir elgs sólbyrðis‘The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] ’
= SEAFARER
the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] → SHIP
The launcher of the SHIP → SEAFARER
elgs ‘of the elk’
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elgr (noun m.; °-s; -ir/-ar): elk
kennings
Ýtir elgs sólbyrðis‘The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] ’
= SEAFARER
the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] → SHIP
The launcher of the SHIP → SEAFARER
sólbyrðis ‘sun-board’
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sólbyrði (noun n.)
kennings
Ýtir elgs sólbyrðis‘The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] ’
= SEAFARER
the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] → SHIP
The launcher of the SHIP → SEAFARER
sólbyrðis ‘sun-board’
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sólbyrði (noun n.)
kennings
Ýtir elgs sólbyrðis‘The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] ’
= SEAFARER
the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board] → SHIP
The launcher of the SHIP → SEAFARER
meyju ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
helgri ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
gilliga ‘thoroughly’
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gildliga (adv.): [thoroughly]
vafðr ‘entangled’
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2. vefja (verb): wrap
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
glæpum ‘crimes’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
guð ‘god’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
Ísáks ‘of Isaac’
kenn ‘Teach’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘to’
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4. at (conj.): that
prísa ‘praise’
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2. prísa (verb): praise
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The knight, who led the wife of the king to the house of darkness before the noble woman, abandoned heathendom because of the words of the Sága <goddess> of the lands of the serpent [GOLD > WOMAN]. The launcher of the elk of the gunwale [lit. sun-board [SHIP > SEAFARER]] said to the holy maiden of the guardian of the world [= God] that he was thoroughly entangled in all crimes: ‘Teach me to praise the god of Isaac’.
Stanzas 26-8 are based upon a wordy exchange in the prose legend between Porphyry and Catherine in which he asks her to teach him how to gain eternal life and avoid all delusions of devils. He accepts Christianity along with two hundred other knights (Unger 1877, I, 412-13; Wolf 2003, 134).
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