Kálf Kátr 39VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 955-6.
Ýtir ‘the the launcher’
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ýtir (noun m.): giver
kennings
ýtir raddar Iðja‘the the launcher of the speech of Iði ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the speech of Iði → GOLD
the the launcher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
frá ‘heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
efli ‘the promoter’
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eflir (noun m.): strengthener
kennings
efli blóta‘the promoter of sacrifices in ’
= HEATHEN MAN
the promoter of sacrifices in → HEATHEN MAN
blóta ‘of sacrifices’
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blót (noun n.; °-s; -): sacrifice
kennings
efli blóta‘the promoter of sacrifices in ’
= HEATHEN MAN
the promoter of sacrifices in → HEATHEN MAN
kennings
ýtir raddar Iðja‘the the launcher of the speech of Iði ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the speech of Iði → GOLD
the the launcher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
kennings
ýtir raddar Iðja‘the the launcher of the speech of Iði ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the speech of Iði → GOLD
the the launcher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
raddar ‘of the speech’
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rǫdd (noun f.; °raddar, dat. -/u; raddir): voice
kennings
ýtir raddar Iðja‘the the launcher of the speech of Iði ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the speech of Iði → GOLD
the the launcher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
raddar ‘of the speech’
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rǫdd (noun f.; °raddar, dat. -/u; raddir): voice
kennings
ýtir raddar Iðja‘the the launcher of the speech of Iði ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the speech of Iði → GOLD
the the launcher of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
veg ‘way’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
kvaddi ‘spoke’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
reyna ‘try’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
ræsi ‘the king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
ræsi skríns röðla‘the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies ’
= God
the shrine of heavenly bodies → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þjóna ‘serve’
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þjóna (verb): serve
röðla ‘of heavenly bodies’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
ræsi skríns röðla‘the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies ’
= God
the shrine of heavenly bodies → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
röðla ‘of heavenly bodies’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
ræsi skríns röðla‘the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies ’
= God
the shrine of heavenly bodies → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
skríns ‘of the shrine’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine
kennings
ræsi skríns röðla‘the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies ’
= God
the shrine of heavenly bodies → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
skríns ‘of the shrine’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine
kennings
ræsi skríns röðla‘the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies ’
= God
the shrine of heavenly bodies → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fielagar ‘comrades’
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félagi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): companion
mínir ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
Dæmi ‘deeds’
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dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example
munu ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hvergi ‘Nowhere’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
heimi ‘the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
slík ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
sínum ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
eyrum ‘ears’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
Draupnis ‘of Draupnir’s’
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Draupnir (noun m.): Draupnir
kennings
hlynr Draupnis döggvar,‘maple of Draupnir’s dew, ’
= MAN
Draupnir’s dew, → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[7, 8] Draupnis döggvar ‘of Draupnir’s dew [GOLD]’: A kenning for gold, referring to the property of the god Óðinn’s gold ring Draupnir (lit. ‘dripper’) to produce eight new rings that dripped from it every ninth night (SnE 1982, 47).
Draupnis ‘of Draupnir’s’
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Draupnir (noun m.): Draupnir
kennings
hlynr Draupnis döggvar,‘maple of Draupnir’s dew, ’
= MAN
Draupnir’s dew, → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[7, 8] Draupnis döggvar ‘of Draupnir’s dew [GOLD]’: A kenning for gold, referring to the property of the god Óðinn’s gold ring Draupnir (lit. ‘dripper’) to produce eight new rings that dripped from it every ninth night (SnE 1982, 47).
hlynr ‘maple’
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hlynr (noun m.; °-s): maple
kennings
hlynr Draupnis döggvar,‘maple of Draupnir’s dew, ’
= MAN
Draupnir’s dew, → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
drotning ‘queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
döggvar ‘dew’
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dǫgg (noun f.; °-var/-ar, dat. -/-u; -var/-ar/dǫggir/daggir (cf. [$1242$])): dew
kennings
hlynr Draupnis döggvar,‘maple of Draupnir’s dew, ’
= MAN
Draupnir’s dew, → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[7, 8] Draupnis döggvar ‘of Draupnir’s dew [GOLD]’: A kenning for gold, referring to the property of the god Óðinn’s gold ring Draupnir (lit. ‘dripper’) to produce eight new rings that dripped from it every ninth night (SnE 1982, 47).
döggvar ‘dew’
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dǫgg (noun f.; °-var/-ar, dat. -/-u; -var/-ar/dǫggir/daggir (cf. [$1242$])): dew
kennings
hlynr Draupnis döggvar,‘maple of Draupnir’s dew, ’
= MAN
Draupnir’s dew, → GOLD
maple of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[7, 8] Draupnis döggvar ‘of Draupnir’s dew [GOLD]’: A kenning for gold, referring to the property of the god Óðinn’s gold ring Draupnir (lit. ‘dripper’) to produce eight new rings that dripped from it every ninth night (SnE 1982, 47).
bautt ‘requested’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sverði ‘a sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
höggva ‘be slain’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
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I heard that the the launcher of the speech of Iði <giant> [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] spoke to the promoter of sacrifices [HEATHEN MAN] in this way: ‘I shall now try to serve the king of the shrine of heavenly bodies [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] and my comrades [as well]. Nowhere in the world will men hear such deeds before their ears, that [you], maple of Draupnir’s <ring> dew [GOLD > MAN], requested your queen to be slain with a sword’.
The subject of the kenning in ll. 1-2 and the speaker of ll. 3-8 is the riddari (26/1) Porphyry (last mentioned in sts 26-8), who, after Maxentius has had his wife put to death, attempts to persuade him to convert to Christianity. This fails and he and his followers are martyred too. In the prose text the substance of sts 39-41 are the subjects of long speeches between Maxentius and Porphyry (Unger 1877, I, 418-19; Wolf 2003, 134).
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