Anon Pét 11VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 804-5.
Jónas ‘of Jona’
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Jonas (noun m.): [Jona]
notes
[1] Jónas: Cf. Pétr 1/10: Faðir þeirra het Johannes ‘Their father was named Johannes’; sts 24/1-2, 25/1 and Notes.
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Símón ‘Simon’
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Símón (noun m.): [Simon, Símon]
sannr ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
annarr ‘the second’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
forðaz ‘avoid’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
hórdóm ‘whoredom’
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hórdómr (noun m.): whoredom
harðan ‘injurious’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
háðs ‘of scorn’
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háð (noun n.; °-s): scorn
kennings
þverrendur háðs‘diminishers of scorn ’
= HOLY MEN
diminishers of scorn → HOLY MEN
þverrendur ‘diminishers’
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þverrandi (noun m.): diminisher
kennings
þverrendur háðs‘diminishers of scorn ’
= HOLY MEN
diminishers of scorn → HOLY MEN
báðir ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
Átti ‘was married’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
hinn ‘The one’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[5-6] hinn, að nefndum fyrri ‘the one we named first’: For other examples of að rel. particle, see sts 10/8, 35/8, 36/4 and Notes.
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
hætti ‘decently’
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1. háttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. hætti; hættir, acc. háttu): behaviour, measure, verse-form
hyrs ‘fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
kennings
grund gjálfrs hyrs,‘to a land of the ocean’s fire, ’
= WOMAN
the ocean’s fire, → GOLD
to a land of the GOLD → WOMAN
hyrs ‘fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
kennings
grund gjálfrs hyrs,‘to a land of the ocean’s fire, ’
= WOMAN
the ocean’s fire, → GOLD
to a land of the GOLD → WOMAN
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[5-6] hinn, að nefndum fyrri ‘the one we named first’: For other examples of að rel. particle, see sts 10/8, 35/8, 36/4 and Notes.
nefndum ‘we named’
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2. nefna (verb): mention, name, call
notes
[5-6] hinn, að nefndum fyrri ‘the one we named first’: For other examples of að rel. particle, see sts 10/8, 35/8, 36/4 and Notes.
fyrri ‘first’
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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously
notes
[5-6] hinn, að nefndum fyrri ‘the one we named first’: For other examples of að rel. particle, see sts 10/8, 35/8, 36/4 and Notes.
grund ‘to a land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
kennings
grund gjálfrs hyrs,‘to a land of the ocean’s fire, ’
= WOMAN
the ocean’s fire, → GOLD
to a land of the GOLD → WOMAN
þvíað ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
gæfa ‘grace’
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gæfa (noun f.): luck, fortune
sendiz ‘was sent’
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senda (verb): send
gjálfrs ‘of the ocean’s’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
kennings
grund gjálfrs hyrs,‘to a land of the ocean’s fire, ’
= WOMAN
the ocean’s fire, → GOLD
to a land of the GOLD → WOMAN
gjálfrs ‘of the ocean’s’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
kennings
grund gjálfrs hyrs,‘to a land of the ocean’s fire, ’
= WOMAN
the ocean’s fire, → GOLD
to a land of the GOLD → WOMAN
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
drotni ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
sjálfum ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
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[5-7]: Cf. Pétr 1/13-14: Simon feck ... eiginkonu ‘Simon took a wedded wife’.
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