Kálf Kátr 27VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 948.
Kátrín ‘Catherine’
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Katrín (noun f.): [Catherine]
beiddi ‘asked’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
játa ‘to profess’
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1. játa (verb): agree
klökkvandi ‘on the verge of tears’
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1. kløkkva (verb): cry, sob
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
neita ‘deny’
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1. neita (verb): refuse
fjanda ‘devil’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
síðan ‘subsequently’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
tak ‘shall’
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2. taka (verb): take
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
synd ‘sin’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hrjóða ‘banish’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
seims ‘of gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold
kennings
tínandi seims.‘collector of gold. ’
= MAN
collector of gold. → MAN
tínandi ‘collector’
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tínandi (noun m.): [collector]
kennings
tínandi seims.‘collector of gold. ’
= MAN
collector of gold. → MAN
úr ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
brjósti ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
þínu ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
Einum ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
skaltu ‘You shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þrenning ‘Trinity’
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þrenning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-): the Trinity
þjóna ‘serve’
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þjóna (verb): serve
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skafti ‘created’
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2. skapa (verb): form
sól ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heima ‘worlds’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
föður ‘Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
syni ‘Son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ferðir ‘crowds’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
lýða ‘of people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
flóð ‘sea’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
helgum ‘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
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Catherine asked him on the verge of tears to profess Christ and deny the devil: ‘subsequently you shall banish sin from your breast, collector of gold [MAN]. You shall serve one in Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, the one who created the sun and worlds and crowds of people, [as well as] sea and land’.
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