Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 50

Kirsten Wolf

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Kálf Kátr 50^VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Kálfr Hallsson, Kátrínardrápa 50’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 962-3.

Kálfr Hallsson Kátrínardrápa

49 50 51

kennings

Stillir eingla
‘The ruler of angels ’
= God
The ruler of angels → God

stillir ‘ruler’

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stillir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

Stillir eingla
‘The ruler of angels ’
= God
The ruler of angels → God

orð ‘words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

sönn ‘true’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true

eru ‘are’

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

það ‘those’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

kristnum ‘Christian’

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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian

mönnum ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

dýrð ‘glory’

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

háleitri ‘more sublime’

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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime

en ‘than’

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4. en (conj.): than

Ullar ‘the Ullar’

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Ullr (noun m.): Ullr

[3] Ullar: öll með all

kennings

Ullar dýra unnar
‘the Ullar of the animals of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the animals of the wave → SHIPS
the Ullar of SHIPS → SEAFARERS

notes

[3] Ullar: All mss have öll með ‘all with’; Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emend öll með to Ullar, giving a base-word in a kenning for men via the pl. form of the name of the god Ullr. Sperber suggests Ullr með and the emendation of kunna (3rd pers. pl. pres. ind.) to kunni (3rd pers. sg. pret. ind.); accordingly, he proposes the following reading of ll. 3-4: ‘a more sublime glory than Ullr <god> of the animals of the wave [SHIPS > SEAFARER] knows how to ask for with words’.

orðum ‘in words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

unnar ‘of the wave’

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2. unnr (noun f.): wave

kennings

Ullar dýra unnar
‘the Ullar of the animals of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the animals of the wave → SHIPS
the Ullar of SHIPS → SEAFARERS

unnar ‘of the wave’

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2. unnr (noun f.): wave

kennings

Ullar dýra unnar
‘the Ullar of the animals of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the animals of the wave → SHIPS
the Ullar of SHIPS → SEAFARERS

dýra ‘of the animals’

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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal

kennings

Ullar dýra unnar
‘the Ullar of the animals of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the animals of the wave → SHIPS
the Ullar of SHIPS → SEAFARERS

dýra ‘of the animals’

(not checked:)
1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal

kennings

Ullar dýra unnar
‘the Ullar of the animals of the wave ’
= SEAFARERS
the animals of the wave → SHIPS
the Ullar of SHIPS → SEAFARERS

biðja ‘to ask for’

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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

kunna ‘know how’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

Eigendur* ‘the owners’

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eigandi (noun m.; °-a; eigendr/eigandar(DN VI (1328) 148¹¹) (nom. sg. æighander DN VII (*13[27-1328]DonVar 1) 142²²)): [owner, owners]

[5] Eigendur*: Eigendurna all

kennings

eigendur* róms jötna
‘the owners of the speech of giants ’
= PEOPLE
the speech of giants → GOLD
the owners of the GOLD → PEOPLE

fyr ‘for’

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

iðran ‘repentance’

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iðrun (noun f.; °iðranar/iðrunar): repentance

fagra ‘beautiful’

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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful

jötna ‘of giants’

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jǫtunn (noun m.; °jǫtuns, dat. jǫtni; jǫtnar): giant

kennings

eigendur* róms jötna
‘the owners of the speech of giants ’
= PEOPLE
the speech of giants → GOLD
the owners of the GOLD → PEOPLE

jötna ‘of giants’

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jǫtunn (noun m.; °jǫtuns, dat. jǫtni; jǫtnar): giant

kennings

eigendur* róms jötna
‘the owners of the speech of giants ’
= PEOPLE
the speech of giants → GOLD
the owners of the GOLD → PEOPLE

róms ‘of the speech’

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rómr (noun m.; °dat. -): voice, applause

kennings

eigendur* róms jötna
‘the owners of the speech of giants ’
= PEOPLE
the speech of giants → GOLD
the owners of the GOLD → PEOPLE

róms ‘of the speech’

(not checked:)
rómr (noun m.; °dat. -): voice, applause

kennings

eigendur* róms jötna
‘the owners of the speech of giants ’
= PEOPLE
the speech of giants → GOLD
the owners of the GOLD → PEOPLE

á ‘at’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

efsta ‘Last’

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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest

dómi ‘Judgement’

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

hæsta ‘highest’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

[7] hæsta: hæstri all

tígn ‘honour’

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tígn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

helgum ‘holy’

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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred

Kristi ‘Christ’

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

hljóti ‘receive’

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hljóta (verb): alot, gain

[8] hljóti *: hljóti eg all

* ‘’

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(non-lexical)

[8] hljóti *: hljóti eg all

svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

að ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

aldri ‘never’

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aldri (adv.): never

þrjóti ‘ends’

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þrjóta (verb; str. 2; þrýtr, þraut, þrutu, þrotinn): end, fail

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[5]: Kahle, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), and Kock (Skald) emend eigendurna ‘the owners’ (with suffixed def. art.) to eigendur ‘owners’; Sperber emends to eigendur ná, arguing that hæstri tígn ‘the highest honour’ is the object of the verb ná ‘obtain’.

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Kálf Kátr 50VII

Öllum ‘to all’

veitir ‘grants’

eingla ‘of angels’

kennings

stillir ‘ruler’

kennings

orð ‘words’

sönn ‘true’

eru ‘are’

það ‘those’

kristnum ‘Christian’

mönnum ‘men’

dýrð ‘glory’

háleitri ‘more sublime’

en ‘than’

Ullar ‘the Ullar’

kennings

notes

orðum ‘in words’

unnar ‘of the wave’

kennings

unnar ‘of the wave’

kennings

dýra ‘of the animals’

kennings

dýra ‘of the animals’

kennings

biðja ‘to ask for’

kunna ‘know how’

Eigendur* ‘the owners’

kennings

fyr ‘for’

iðran ‘repentance’

fagra ‘beautiful’

jötna ‘of giants’

kennings

jötna ‘of giants’

kennings

róms ‘of the speech’

kennings

róms ‘of the speech’

kennings

á ‘at’

efsta ‘Last’

dómi ‘Judgement’

hæsta ‘highest’

tígn ‘honour’

með ‘with’

helgum ‘holy’

Kristi ‘Christ’

hljóti ‘receive’

* ‘’

svá ‘so’

að ‘that’

aldri ‘never’

þrjóti ‘ends’

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Kálf Kátr 50^VII