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Kálf Kátr 33^VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 951-2.

Kálfr Hallsson Kátrínardrápa

Allir ‘All’

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allr (adj.): all

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

tóku ‘’

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2. taka (verb): take

að ‘’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

undraz ‘were surprised’

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undra (verb): be surprised, amazed

þollar ‘fir-trees’

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þollr (noun m.): fir-tree

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

öglis ‘of the snake’

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ǫglir (noun m.): hawk

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

öglis ‘of the snake’

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ǫglir (noun m.): hawk

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

ness ‘of the headland’

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nes (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): headland

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

ness ‘of the headland’

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nes (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. -ja): headland

kennings

Allir þollar ness öglis
‘All fir-trees of the headland of the snake ’
= MEN
the headland of the snake → GOLD
All fir-trees of the GOLD → MEN

er ‘when’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

mærin ‘maiden’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

þessi ‘this’

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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

skyldi ‘’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

skæru ‘bright’

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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright

holdi ‘body’

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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh

skína ‘shine’

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skína (verb): shine

mega ‘could’

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mega (verb): may, might

fyr ‘despite’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

píslum ‘torments’

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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture

sínum ‘her’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

Stendr ‘stands’

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standa (verb): stand

[5-8] so 920ˣ, abbrev. as ‘Stendr og sitr til hægri handar.’ 713, 399a‑bˣ

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[5-8] so 920ˣ, abbrev. as ‘Stendr og sitr til hægri handar.’ 713, 399a‑bˣ

sitr ‘sits’

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sitja (verb): sit

til ‘at’

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til (prep.): to

hægri ‘right’

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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest

handar ‘hand’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

heilög ‘Holy’

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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred

Máría ‘Mary’

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María (noun f.): Mary

aldar ‘of people’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

kennings

deili aldar;
‘of the ruler of people; ’
= God
the ruler of people; → God

deili ‘of the ruler’

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deilir (noun m.): ruler, ordainer

kennings

deili aldar;
‘of the ruler of people; ’
= God
the ruler of people; → God

mildingr ‘prince’

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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

skipar ‘places’

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1. skipa (verb): change, place

nú ‘now’

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nú (adv.): now

mána ‘of the moon’

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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

mána ‘of the moon’

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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

foldar ‘of the land’

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fold (noun f.): land

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

foldar ‘of the land’

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fold (noun f.): land

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

mæstr ‘greatest’

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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most

kennings

mæstr mildingr foldar mána
‘the greatest prince of the land of the moon ’
= God
the land of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the greatest prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

Kátrínu ‘Catherine’

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Kátrína (noun f.): [Catherine]

henni ‘to her’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

hið ‘’

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2. inn (art.): the

næsta ‘next’

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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next

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[1-4]: These ll. summarise a somewhat longer passage in the prose text, in which the emperor and his men are astonished at Catherine’s condition (Unger 1877, I, 414; Wolf 2003, 135).

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