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Kálf Kátr 49VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 962.

Kálfr HallssonKátrínardrápa
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Kátrín ‘Catherine’

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Katrín (noun f.): [Catherine]

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‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

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Kálfi ‘Kálfur [me]’

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2. Kalfr (noun m.): Kálfr

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veiti ‘grant’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

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kvæðis ‘for the poem’

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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem < kvæðislaun (noun n.)

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er ‘when’

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

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hleypr ‘runs’

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hleypa (verb): impell, make run

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hin ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

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skæða ‘dangerous’

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skœðr (adj.): dangerous

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emjandi ‘howling’

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emja (verb; °-að-): howl

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frá ‘from’

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frá (prep.): from

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öflug ‘powerful’

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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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svörtum ‘black’

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svartr (adj.): black

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Greini ‘explain’

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greina (verb): explain, divide

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og ‘and’

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

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verndi ‘defend’

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verna (verb): [defend]

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gjörðir ‘deeds’

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1. gerð (noun f.): deed

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mínar ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

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Máría ‘Mary’

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María (noun f.): Mary

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sólar ‘of the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

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jöfri sólar;
‘to the king of the sun; ’
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to the king of the sun; → God
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jöfri ‘to the king’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

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jöfri sólar;
‘to the king of the sun; ’
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to the king of the sun; → God
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giftu ‘of good fortune’

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1. gifta (noun f.): grace, fortune

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fyld ‘full’

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fylla (verb): fill

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og ‘and’

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

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græðarinn ‘the Saviour’

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grœðari (noun m.): saviour, healer

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æðri ‘higher’

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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher

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