Kálf Kátr 35VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 35’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 953.
Hygg ‘consider’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
heiðinn ‘heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
tiggi ‘king’
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tiggi (noun m.; °-ja): king
hæð ‘the height’
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hæð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): height
kennings
hæð hafnarljósa,‘the height of the harbour-light, ’
= WOMAN
the harbour-light, → GOLD
the height of the GOLD → WOMAN
mælti ‘said’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
sá ‘one’
notes
[2] sá (m. nom. sg.) ‘one’: One would expect acc. sg. as object of kjósa ‘choose’ (l. 4), but this is an instance where the demonstrative takes the case required by the rel. cl. in which it functions as the subject, i.e. hvárn (acc. object to kjósa) mundir þú fyrri kjósa, sá (subject of rel. cl. with er omitted) er æðri ǫllu, eða gjarnan heimsku. See NS §§260, 264.
öllu ‘anything else’
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allr (adj.): all
æðri ‘higher’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
hvárn ‘whom’
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hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether
mundir ‘would’
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munu (verb): will, must
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
heimsku ‘for folly’
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1. heimska (noun f.; °-u): folly
gjarnan ‘eager’
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gjarnan (adv.): eager(ly)
hafnar ‘of the harbour’
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1. hǫfn (noun f.; °hafnar; hafnir(/hafnar(Streng 234³²)): haven, harbour < hafnarljós (noun n.)
kennings
hæð hafnarljósa,‘the height of the harbour-light, ’
= WOMAN
the harbour-light, → GOLD
the height of the GOLD → WOMAN
hafnar ‘of the harbour’
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1. hǫfn (noun f.; °hafnar; hafnir(/hafnar(Streng 234³²)): haven, harbour < hafnarljós (noun n.)
kennings
hæð hafnarljósa,‘the height of the harbour-light, ’
= WOMAN
the harbour-light, → GOLD
the height of the GOLD → WOMAN
ljósa ‘light’
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ljós (noun n.; °ljóss; -): light < hafnarljós (noun n.)
kennings
hæð hafnarljósa,‘the height of the harbour-light, ’
= WOMAN
the harbour-light, → GOLD
the height of the GOLD → WOMAN
ljósa ‘light’
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ljós (noun n.; °ljóss; -): light < hafnarljós (noun n.)
kennings
hæð hafnarljósa,‘the height of the harbour-light, ’
= WOMAN
the harbour-light, → GOLD
the height of the GOLD → WOMAN
fyrri ‘rather’
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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously
kjósa ‘choose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
Heldur ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
kjöri ‘choose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hristir ‘the the shaker’
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hristir (noun m.): shaker
kennings
hristir skjalda,‘the the shaker of shields, ’
= WARRIOR
the the shaker of shields, → WARRIOR
skjalda ‘of shields’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield
kennings
hristir skjalda,‘the the shaker of shields, ’
= WARRIOR
the the shaker of shields, → WARRIOR
hverjum ‘one’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
frægra ‘more famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
öllum ‘all others’
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allr (adj.): all
lægra ‘inferior’
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lægr (adj.): [inferior]
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
skil ‘understand’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
öðling ‘king’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
Sága ‘the Sága’
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Sága (noun f.): [Sága, for Sága]
kennings
Sága elda síks‘the Sága of the fires of the channel ’
= WOMAN
the fires of the channel → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Sága elda síks‘the Sága of the fires of the channel ’
= WOMAN
the fires of the channel → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Sága elda síks‘the Sága of the fires of the channel ’
= WOMAN
the fires of the channel → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
síks ‘of the channel’
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sík (noun n.; °-s; -): fish, ?channel
kennings
Sága elda síks‘the Sága of the fires of the channel ’
= WOMAN
the fires of the channel → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
síks ‘of the channel’
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sík (noun n.; °-s; -): fish, ?channel
kennings
Sága elda síks‘the Sága of the fires of the channel ’
= WOMAN
the fires of the channel → GOLD
the Sága of the GOLD → WOMAN
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
friett ‘asked’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
að ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
slíku ‘such a matter’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
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‘Now consider, heathen king’ said the height of the harbour-light [GOLD > WOMAN], ‘whom you would rather choose, one who is higher than anything else or one eager for folly?’ ‘I choose rather’ said the the shaker of shields [WARRIOR], ‘the one who is more famous than all others than the one who is inferior to all others; I do not understand, why the Sága <goddess> of the fires of the channel [GOLD > WOMAN] has asked the king about such a matter’.
This st. summarises a long dialogue between Maxentius and Catherine in the prose text (Unger 1877, I, 414-15; Wolf 2003, 135-6).
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