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Kálf Kátr 46^VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 46’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 960-1.

Kálfr Hallsson Kátrínardrápa

Bergða ‘tasted’

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bergja (verb; °-gð-): taste

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

brjósti ‘breast’

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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest

saurgu ‘filthy’

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saurgr (adj.): unclean, filthy

blóði ‘blood’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood

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[1-2] blóði og holdi skapara þjóðar ‘the blood and flesh [of the creator of people] [= God]’: A kenning-like reference to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

og ‘and’

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

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[1-2] blóði og holdi skapara þjóðar ‘the blood and flesh [of the creator of people] [= God]’: A kenning-like reference to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

holdi ‘flesh’

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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh

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[1-2] blóði og holdi skapara þjóðar ‘the blood and flesh [of the creator of people] [= God]’: A kenning-like reference to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

skapara ‘of the creator’

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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator

kennings

skapara þjóðar;
‘of the creator of people; ’
= God
the creator of people; → God

notes

[1-2] blóði og holdi skapara þjóðar ‘the blood and flesh [of the creator of people] [= God]’: A kenning-like reference to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

þjóðar ‘of people’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

kennings

skapara þjóðar;
‘of the creator of people; ’
= God
the creator of people; → God

notes

[1-2] blóði og holdi skapara þjóðar ‘the blood and flesh [of the creator of people] [= God]’: A kenning-like reference to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

sálliga ‘painfully’

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sárligr (adj.): painful

er ‘am’

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

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

sauri ‘filth’

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saur (noun n.; °; -): mud, filth, impure

öllum ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

synda ‘of sins’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin

vafðr ‘entangled’

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2. vefja (verb): wrap

og ‘and’

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

ilsku ‘disposition’

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1. illska (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wickedness, bad disposition

lyndi ‘to wickedness’

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lyndi (noun n.; °-s): mind

Hilmi ‘hide’

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hilma (verb): [hide]

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

fyr ‘from’

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

hneitis ‘of the sword’

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hneitir (noun m.): sword

kennings

pálmum hneitis
‘the palm-trees of the sword ’
= WARRIORS
the palm-trees of the sword → WARRIORS

pálmum ‘the palm-trees’

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palmr (noun m.; °; -ar): palm-tree

kennings

pálmum hneitis
‘the palm-trees of the sword ’
= WARRIORS
the palm-trees of the sword → WARRIORS

hór ‘adultery’

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2. hór (noun n.; °; -): [adultery] < hórdómr (noun m.): whoredom

dómi ‘’

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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix) < hórdómr (noun m.): whoredom

sem ‘as well as’

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sem (conj.): as, which

stuld ‘theft’

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stulðr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): [theft]

og ‘and’

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

morði ‘homicide’

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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle

mann ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person < manndráp (noun n.): manslaughter

drápið ‘slaughter’

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dráp (noun n.; °-s): killing < manndráp (noun n.): manslaughter

verðr ‘is’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

oftar ‘more often’

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opt (adv.): often

unnið ‘committed’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’s’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

runnar Yggjar báls
‘the trees of Yggr’s fire ’
= WARRIORS
Yggr’s fire → SWORDS
the trees of SWORDS → WARRIORS

Yggjar ‘of Yggr’s’

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1. Yggr (noun m.): Yggr

kennings

runnar Yggjar báls
‘the trees of Yggr’s fire ’
= WARRIORS
Yggr’s fire → SWORDS
the trees of SWORDS → WARRIORS

báls ‘fire’

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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire

kennings

runnar Yggjar báls
‘the trees of Yggr’s fire ’
= WARRIORS
Yggr’s fire → SWORDS
the trees of SWORDS → WARRIORS

báls ‘fire’

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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire

kennings

runnar Yggjar báls
‘the trees of Yggr’s fire ’
= WARRIORS
Yggr’s fire → SWORDS
the trees of SWORDS → WARRIORS

en ‘than’

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4. en (conj.): than

runnar ‘the trees’

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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree

kennings

runnar Yggjar báls
‘the trees of Yggr’s fire ’
= WARRIORS
Yggr’s fire → SWORDS
the trees of SWORDS → WARRIORS

hyggja ‘think’

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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider

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It is doubtful whether the poet’s confession of the sins of adultery, theft and homicide, along with his partaking of the Eucharist without having been absolved from these sins, should be taken literally. For a similar statement of self-abasement, see Gamlkan Has 7-16.

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