David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 814-15.
Postula sveitir sátu
sínum herra nærri,
spurði og spejar, með gerðum,
spennir harma tvennra:
‘Hvern segi þier mig’, hlýrna
heilagr, ‘vera?’ kvað deilir;
eingi að giefa til yngva
orð nema Pétur þorði.
Sveitir postula sátu nærri sínum herra með gerðum; spennir tvennra harma spurði og spejar: ‘Hvern segi þier mig vera?’ kvað {heilagr deilir hlýrna}; eingi þorði að giefa orð til yngva nema Pétur.
‘The bands of Apostles sat near their Lord with their gear; the clasper of two sorrows asked and inquires: ‘Who do you say that I am?’ said the holy ruler of heavenly bodies [= God (= Christ)]; no one dared to give a response to the Lord except Peter.’
Cf. Matt. XVI.13-16; Mark VIII.27-9; Pétr 5/24-33. — [7-8]: Cf. Pétr 5/33: sæll Petrus svaraði einn fyrir alla ‘blessed Peter answered alone for all’.
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Postula sueitir satu. sinum herra nærj. spurdi ok spear med gerdum. spennir har|ma tuennra. huerrn segi þier mik hlyrna. heilagr vera kua|d deilir. eingi at gefa til yngua. ord nema petr þordi // |
(TW)
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 22: AII, 503-4, BII, 550, Skald II, 301, NN §§1712B, 1723; Kahle 1898, 83, 110.
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