Anon Pét 12VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 805.
text and translation
Skriptúra skýrt váttar,
skær Perpétúa væri
kván í Kristi greinum
kunn, sú Pétro unni.
Petronillam nýtum
námgreini gaf eina
dóttur guðs og gætti
gott víf að eilífu.
Skriptúra váttar skýrt, skær Perpétúa væri kván kunn í Kristi greinum, sú unni Pétro. Gott víf gaf nýtum námgreini eina dóttur, Petronillam, og gætti guðs að eilífu.
‘Scripture clearly testifies [that] pure Perpetua was a woman skilled in Christ’s teachings, who loved Peter. The good woman gave to the excellent teacher a daughter, Petronilla, and directed her thoughts to God perpetually.’
notes and context
Cf. Pétr 1/14-2/3: hana nefnir su bok er heitir Ecclesiastica Historia, Perpetuam ... þat finnz ok ritat, at su mær sem Petronilla er nefnd, hafi verit dottir Simonis þessa sama ‘That book which is called Ecclesiastica Historia names her Perpetua ... That is also found written that that maiden who is named Petronilla was the daughter of this same Simon’; (79/7-8): Perpetua, er Eusebius segir verit hafa eiginkonu Petri ‘Perpetua, whom Eusebius says was the wedded wife of Peter’. See Foote 1993, 245: ‘Neither Eusebius nor any other early source names Peter’s wife, but after some vacillation Perpetua became fixed in the martyrologies and generally accepted’. — [1]: The skothending would appear to be skýrt : vátt-. Cf. st. 52/7 and Note.
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AM 621 4° (621) — 58r/8 - 58r/10
imagesSkriptúra skýrt váttar,
skær Perpétúa †vorri†
kván í Kristi greinum
kunn, sú Pétro unni.
Petronillam nýtum
námgreini gaf eina
dóttur guðs og gætti
gott víf að eilífu.Skriptura skyrt vottar. skiær perpetua vorri. | kuan j kristi greinum. kunn su petro vnnj. petroníllam nytum. namgreine ga|f eina. dottur guds ok giætti. gott vif at eilifu
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 12: AII, 502, BII, 548, Skald II, 300; Kahle 1898, 80-1, 110.
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