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Anon Mey 55VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 55’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 926.

Anonymous PoemsHeilagra meyja drápa
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Pétur ‘Peter’

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Pétr (noun m.): Peter

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sier ‘’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

[1] sier: so 713, om. 721

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Petronilla ‘Petronilla’

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Petrónilla (noun f.): [Petronilla]

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frá ‘heard’

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1. fregna (verb): hear of

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‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

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hieti ‘she was called’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

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þvinguð ‘afflicted’

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2. þvinga (verb): oppress, afflict

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með ‘by’

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með (prep.): with

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líkþrá ‘leprosy’

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líkþrá (noun f.): [leprosy]

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Línus ‘Linus’

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Línus (noun m.): [Linus]

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[4] Línus ‘Linus’: S. Linus was S. Peter’s first successor in the see of Rome.

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pínu ‘suffering’

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1. pína (noun f.; °-u; -ur): torment

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Faðir ‘father’

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faðir (noun m.): father

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tók ‘’

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2. taka (verb): take

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frúna ‘the lady’

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frú (noun f.): lady

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græða ‘healed’

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grœða (verb): heal

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flýði ‘avoided’

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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight

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alla ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

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heimsins ‘the world’s’

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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world

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prýði ‘pomp’

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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour

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plagaz ‘furnished’

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plaga (verb): nurse

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‘now’

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nú (adv.): now

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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pínulaus ‘without suffering’

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pínulauss (adj.): [without suffering]

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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Petronilla is mentioned in Pétr 1/14-2/3 as the Apostle Peter’s daughter by his wife Perpetua. See Anon Pét 12 and Notes ad loc.

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