Anon Pét 10VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 804.
Bessaíðe ‘In Bethsaida’
notes
[1] Bessaíðe ‘Bethsaida’: Cf. John I.44, Pétr 2/1-2: Bethsaida ... er ... kollut borg Andree ok Petri, þvi at þeir hǫfðu þar stundum heimili ‘Bethsaida ... is ... called the city of Andrew and Peter, because they at times dwelt there’.
breiðrar ‘of the broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
borgar ‘city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
víðum ‘in the wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
torgum ‘squares’
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2. torg (noun n.; °-s): market-place
tveir ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
bræður ‘brothers’
með ‘of’
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með (prep.): with
tíri ‘renown’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour
trú ‘faithful’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief < trúlundaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
lundaðir ‘of mind’
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lundaðr (adj./verb p.p.): minded < trúlundaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
funduz ‘were found’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
List ‘the craft’
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list (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): skill, art, virtue
notes
[5] list ... fysta ‘first ... craft’: Fysta is an adj. f. acc. sg. qualifying list.
gera ‘do’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
frægir ‘The famed ones’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
fysta ‘first’
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2. fyrsta (adv.): first
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[5] list ... fysta ‘first ... craft’: Fysta is an adj. f. acc. sg. qualifying list.
fiski ‘of fisher’
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1. fiski (noun f.): fishing < fiskimaðr (noun m.): [fishermen]
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < fiskimaðr (noun m.): [fishermen]
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kanna ‘try’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
giftu ‘with’
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1. gifta (noun f.): grace, fortune < giftugerð (noun f.)
gjörðum ‘grace’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed < giftugerð (noun f.)
gæddr ‘endowed’
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gœða (verb): endow
að ‘who’
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4. at (conj.): that
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[8] að ‘who’: rel. particle; cf. sts 11/6, 35/8, 36/4 and Notes.
slíka ‘such men’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
fæddi ‘begot’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
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[5-6]: Cf. Pétr 1/11-12: þeir voru fiskimenn at iðn ‘they were fishermen by occupation’; Matt. IV.18: erant enim piscatores ‘for they were fishers’.
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