Anon Pét 1VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 797-8.
Orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
satt ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
upphafs ‘beginnings’
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upphaf (noun n.): beginning
notes
[1] gjörði* ‘made’: Cf. John I.1. The ms. reading gjörðir is ungrammatical.
eitt ‘The one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
næst ‘completely’
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næst (adv.): next
notes
[2] næst ‘completely’: See LP: nær 3.
stafi ‘’
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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick
hæsta ‘the highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
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[3] trúi* ‘let (men) believe’: Ms. truik (the -k possibly from miscopying of initial f- in the next word).
fyst ‘first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
það ‘that’
[3] það *: það er 621
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
föður ‘the Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
líkt ‘like’
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líkr (adj.): like
og ‘and ’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
ríkti ‘ruled’
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ríkja (verb): rule
Gjörði ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
alt ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
orði ‘the word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
ítr ‘Glorious’
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ítr (adj.): glorious
notes
[6] guð* ‘God’: Ms. ‘ɢuds’ (-s probably by dittography of initial s- in next word).
stórt ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lítið ‘small’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
orð ‘the word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[7-8] orð var sent mey guðs ‘the Word was sent to the maid of God’: i.e. in the Annunciation (Luke I.26-35). Cf., e.g., Hóm 6712 187/1-4. Kock (NN §1708) argues instead that the ll. should be punctuated: orð var sent, en særðiz sonr mey guðs at deyja ‘the word was sent, but for the maid of God the son was wounded to death’.
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[7-8] orð var sent mey guðs ‘the Word was sent to the maid of God’: i.e. in the Annunciation (Luke I.26-35). Cf., e.g., Hóm 6712 187/1-4. Kock (NN §1708) argues instead that the ll. should be punctuated: orð var sent, en særðiz sonr mey guðs at deyja ‘the word was sent, but for the maid of God the son was wounded to death’.
sent ‘sent’
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senda (verb): send
notes
[7-8] orð var sent mey guðs ‘the Word was sent to the maid of God’: i.e. in the Annunciation (Luke I.26-35). Cf., e.g., Hóm 6712 187/1-4. Kock (NN §1708) argues instead that the ll. should be punctuated: orð var sent, en særðiz sonr mey guðs at deyja ‘the word was sent, but for the maid of God the son was wounded to death’.
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
særðiz ‘was wounded’
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særa (verb): wound
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
mey ‘to the maid’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
kennings
mey guðs,‘to the maid of God, ’
= Mary
to the maid of God, → Mary
notes
[7-8] orð var sent mey guðs ‘the Word was sent to the maid of God’: i.e. in the Annunciation (Luke I.26-35). Cf., e.g., Hóm 6712 187/1-4. Kock (NN §1708) argues instead that the ll. should be punctuated: orð var sent, en særðiz sonr mey guðs at deyja ‘the word was sent, but for the maid of God the son was wounded to death’.
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
mey guðs,‘to the maid of God, ’
= Mary
to the maid of God, → Mary
notes
[7-8] orð var sent mey guðs ‘the Word was sent to the maid of God’: i.e. in the Annunciation (Luke I.26-35). Cf., e.g., Hóm 6712 187/1-4. Kock (NN §1708) argues instead that the ll. should be punctuated: orð var sent, en særðiz sonr mey guðs at deyja ‘the word was sent, but for the maid of God the son was wounded to death’.
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
deyja ‘die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
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[1-4]: For the interpretation followed here, see NN §1707. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) takes ll. 1-2 and 3-4 together.
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