Kálf Kátr 30VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 950.
Tólf ‘twelve’
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tolf (num. cardinal): twelve
daga ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
liet ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
tróðu ‘the stick’
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tróða (noun f.; °-u): stick
kennings
tróðu elds elfar‘the stick of the fire of the river ’
= WOMAN
the fire of the river → GOLD
the stick of the GOLD → WOMAN
elfar ‘of the river’
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elfr (noun f.): river
kennings
tróðu elds elfar‘the stick of the fire of the river ’
= WOMAN
the fire of the river → GOLD
the stick of the GOLD → WOMAN
elfar ‘of the river’
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elfr (noun f.): river
kennings
tróðu elds elfar‘the stick of the fire of the river ’
= WOMAN
the fire of the river → GOLD
the stick of the GOLD → WOMAN
tiggi ‘king’
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tiggi (noun m.; °-ja): king
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
tróðu elds elfar‘the stick of the fire of the river ’
= WOMAN
the fire of the river → GOLD
the stick of the GOLD → WOMAN
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
tróðu elds elfar‘the stick of the fire of the river ’
= WOMAN
the fire of the river → GOLD
the stick of the GOLD → WOMAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
höftum ‘fetters’
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haft (noun n.; °; *-): fetter
liggja ‘lie’
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liggja (verb): lie
bunna ‘bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
fast ‘fast’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ranni ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
bauð ‘commanded’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
slíkt ‘thus’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
tók ‘’
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2. taka (verb): take
dauða ‘died’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
Sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
hitti ‘met’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
siklingr ‘prince’
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
kennings
Ítarligr siklingr mána,‘The magnificent prince of the moon, ’
= God
The magnificent prince of the moon, → God
mána ‘of the moon’
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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon
kennings
Ítarligr siklingr mána,‘The magnificent prince of the moon, ’
= God
The magnificent prince of the moon, → God
sannr ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
kennings
sannr lausnari allra manna,‘the true redeemer of all men, ’
= God
the true redeemer of all men, → God
lausnari ‘redeemer’
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lausnari (noun m.; °-a;): saviour, redeemer
kennings
sannr lausnari allra manna,‘the true redeemer of all men, ’
= God
the true redeemer of all men, → God
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
sannr lausnari allra manna,‘the true redeemer of all men, ’
= God
the true redeemer of all men, → God
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
kennings
sannr lausnari allra manna,‘the true redeemer of all men, ’
= God
the true redeemer of all men, → God
ítarligr ‘The magnificent’
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ítarligr (adj.): magnificent
kennings
Ítarligr siklingr mána,‘The magnificent prince of the moon, ’
= God
The magnificent prince of the moon, → God
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
sveitum ‘hosts’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
ambátt ‘handmaid’
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ambátt (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar (ambottor EiðKrA 391²²)): handmaid
kæra ‘dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ljósi ‘light’
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ljós (noun n.; °ljóss; -): light
skæru ‘bright’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
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For twelve days the king let the stick of the fire of the river [GOLD > WOMAN] lie bound fast in fetters in the locked house before she died; he commanded thus. The magnificent prince of the moon [= God (= Christ)], the true redeemer of all men [= God (= Christ)], met his dear handmaid with hosts of angels and a bright light.
In the prose legend (Unger 1877, I, 413; Wolf 2003, 135) God sends his angel to Catherine and grants her a vision of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, who speaks words of comfort, as summarised in st. 31.
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