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.
Skriptúra ‘Scripture’
skýrt ‘clearly’
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skýrr (adj.): clear
váttar ‘testifies’
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vátta (verb): affirm, attest
skær ‘pure’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
Perpétúa ‘Perpetua’
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Perpetúa (noun f.): [Perpetua]
notes
[2] væri ‘was’: Emendation from ms. ‘vorri’ first proposed by Kahle 1898, 110.
kván ‘a woman’
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kván (noun f.; °-ar): wife
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Kristi ‘Christ’s’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
greinum ‘teachings’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
kunn ‘skilled’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?)
Pétro ‘Peter’
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Pétr (noun m.): Peter
unni ‘loved’
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1. unna (verb): love
Petronillam ‘Petronilla’
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Petrónilla (noun f.): [Petronilla]
nýtum ‘to the excellent’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
námgreini ‘teacher’
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námgreinir (noun m.): [teacher]
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
eina ‘a’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
guðs ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gætti ‘directed her thoughts’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
gott ‘The good’
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góðr (adj.): good
víf ‘woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[8] að eilífu ‘perpetually’: A deliberate pun on the name Perpetua?
eilífu ‘perpetually’
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eilífr (adj.): eternal
notes
[8] að eilífu ‘perpetually’: A deliberate pun on the name Perpetua?
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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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