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Kálf Kátr 36VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 36’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 953-4.

Kálfr HallssonKátrínardrápa
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Öllum ‘anything’

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allr (adj.): all

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æðri ‘higher’

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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher

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og ‘and’

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

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sælli ‘more blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

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Jésús ‘Jesus’

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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus

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Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

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en ‘and’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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og ‘and’

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

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listir ‘skills’

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list (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): skill, art, virtue

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umgeypnandi ‘the holder [in his hands]’

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umgeypnandi (noun m.): holder in hand

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umgeypnandi allrar skepnu
‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation ’
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the holder [in his hands] of all creation → God

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[3] umgeypnandi allrar skepnu ‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation’: A kenning for God as pantocrator; cf. ESk Geisl 16/7-8 umgeypnandi alls heims ‘holder in his hands of all the world’.

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allrar ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

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umgeypnandi allrar skepnu
‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation ’
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the holder [in his hands] of all creation → God

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[3] umgeypnandi allrar skepnu ‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation’: A kenning for God as pantocrator; cf. ESk Geisl 16/7-8 umgeypnandi alls heims ‘holder in his hands of all the world’.

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skepnu ‘creation’

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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation

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umgeypnandi allrar skepnu
‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation ’
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the holder [in his hands] of all creation → God

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[3] umgeypnandi allrar skepnu ‘the holder [in his hands] of all creation’: A kenning for God as pantocrator; cf. ESk Geisl 16/7-8 umgeypnandi alls heims ‘holder in his hands of all the world’.

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veitandi ‘grants’

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veitandi (noun m.; °-a; veitendr): granter

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manni ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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hverjum ‘each’

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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

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Hirðir ‘The shepherd’

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hirðir (noun m.; °hirðis/hirðirs, dat. & acc. hirði; hirðar/hirðir): guardian, keeper, pastor

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Hirðir dýrðar himna
‘The shepherd of the glory of the heavens ’
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The shepherd of the glory of the heavens → God
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blessar ‘blesses’

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blessa (verb): bless

[5] blessar: blessaðr all

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himna ‘of the heavens’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

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Hirðir dýrðar himna
‘The shepherd of the glory of the heavens ’
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The shepherd of the glory of the heavens → God
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dýrðar ‘of the glory’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²ˆ); -ir): glory

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Hirðir dýrðar himna
‘The shepherd of the glory of the heavens ’
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The shepherd of the glory of the heavens → God
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á ‘at’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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sunnudagr ‘Sunday’

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sunnudagr (noun m.): Sunday

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[7] sunnudagr er þá ‘it is then Sunday’: The idea that the Last Judgement, along with many other milestones in Christian history, fell on a Sunday was part of the popular medieval ‘Sunday letter’ tradition, the subject of Anon Leið; see Leið 35 and Note.

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er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

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[7] sunnudagr er þá ‘it is then Sunday’: The idea that the Last Judgement, along with many other milestones in Christian history, fell on a Sunday was part of the popular medieval ‘Sunday letter’ tradition, the subject of Anon Leið; see Leið 35 and Note.

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þá ‘then’

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2. þá (adv.): then

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[7] sunnudagr er þá ‘it is then Sunday’: The idea that the Last Judgement, along with many other milestones in Christian history, fell on a Sunday was part of the popular medieval ‘Sunday letter’ tradition, the subject of Anon Leið; see Leið 35 and Note.

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mönnum ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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svá ‘thus’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

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greinir ‘explains’

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greina (verb): explain, divide

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