Anon Pét 14VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 807-8.
Hvess ‘Whom’
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hvat (pron.): what
notes
[1] hvess leiti þið ‘whom do you two seek?’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates Hvad søger I ‘What do you seek’, cf. John I.38 Quid quaeritis ‘what do you seek?’. Support for the interpretation of hvess (ms. ‘huers’) as gen. sg. of hverr ‘who’ rather than hvað ‘what’ comes from the versions of John I.38 in Pétr 2/15 Hvern leitit þit? and Andr2A 354/31 Hvers leiti þit?, in both cases ‘Whom do you seek?’
leiti ‘seek’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
notes
[1] hvess leiti þið ‘whom do you two seek?’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates Hvad søger I ‘What do you seek’, cf. John I.38 Quid quaeritis ‘what do you seek?’. Support for the interpretation of hvess (ms. ‘huers’) as gen. sg. of hverr ‘who’ rather than hvað ‘what’ comes from the versions of John I.38 in Pétr 2/15 Hvern leitit þit? and Andr2A 354/31 Hvers leiti þit?, in both cases ‘Whom do you seek?’
þið ‘you two’
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it (pron.; °gen. ykkar, dat./acc. ykkr): you (two)
notes
[1] hvess leiti þið ‘whom do you two seek?’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates Hvad søger I ‘What do you seek’, cf. John I.38 Quid quaeritis ‘what do you seek?’. Support for the interpretation of hvess (ms. ‘huers’) as gen. sg. of hverr ‘who’ rather than hvað ‘what’ comes from the versions of John I.38 in Pétr 2/15 Hvern leitit þit? and Andr2A 354/31 Hvers leiti þit?, in both cases ‘Whom do you seek?’
ljósir ‘fair men’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
lof ‘’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission < lofsæll (adj.): praise-blessed, glorious
notes
[2] lofsælastur ‘the most glorious’: Ms. ‘lofsælaztr’. Kock (NN §1712A) objects to Finnur Jónsson’s adoption of desyllabified -ur and proposes instead that a monosyllabic adv. (at Skald II, 300 þá) be inserted between lofsælastr and mælir to gain the extra syllable needed in the l. See Note to 4/2.
sælastur ‘the most glorious’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < lofsæll (adj.): praise-blessed, glorious
notes
[2] lofsælastur ‘the most glorious’: Ms. ‘lofsælaztr’. Kock (NN §1712A) objects to Finnur Jónsson’s adoption of desyllabified -ur and proposes instead that a monosyllabic adv. (at Skald II, 300 þá) be inserted between lofsælastr and mælir to gain the extra syllable needed in the l. See Note to 4/2.
mælir ‘says’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
svöruðu ‘answered’
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svara (verb): answer
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
sann ‘the truly’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true < sanngóðr (adj.)
góðir ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good < sanngóðr (adj.)
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þannveg ‘thus’
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þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way
Seg ‘to tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
þinn ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
bygðir ‘district’
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byggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): dwelling, settlement
blíðr ‘so kind as’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
nafnið ‘name’
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2. nafna (verb): [name]
fríða ‘your glorious’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
vann ‘did’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
þeim ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
vísi ‘The king’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
kennings
Vísi brautar vagna‘The king of the path of the wagons ’
= God
the path of the wagons → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[7-8] vísi brautar vagna ‘the king of the path of the wagons [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: The kenning brautar vagna contains a reference to the constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, called vagn in ON and Charles’s Wain (i.e. ‘wagon, cart’) in English and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, or Lesser Wain (cf. OED: wain sb., 2; wagon sb., 1b). See also st. 21/4.
vagna ‘of the wagons’
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vǫgn (noun f.; °; vagnir): wagon
kennings
Vísi brautar vagna‘The king of the path of the wagons ’
= God
the path of the wagons → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[7-8] vísi brautar vagna ‘the king of the path of the wagons [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: The kenning brautar vagna contains a reference to the constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, called vagn in ON and Charles’s Wain (i.e. ‘wagon, cart’) in English and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, or Lesser Wain (cf. OED: wain sb., 2; wagon sb., 1b). See also st. 21/4.
vagna ‘of the wagons’
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vǫgn (noun f.; °; vagnir): wagon
kennings
Vísi brautar vagna‘The king of the path of the wagons ’
= God
the path of the wagons → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[7-8] vísi brautar vagna ‘the king of the path of the wagons [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: The kenning brautar vagna contains a reference to the constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, called vagn in ON and Charles’s Wain (i.e. ‘wagon, cart’) in English and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, or Lesser Wain (cf. OED: wain sb., 2; wagon sb., 1b). See also st. 21/4.
brautar ‘of the path’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
kennings
Vísi brautar vagna‘The king of the path of the wagons ’
= God
the path of the wagons → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[7-8] vísi brautar vagna ‘the king of the path of the wagons [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: The kenning brautar vagna contains a reference to the constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, called vagn in ON and Charles’s Wain (i.e. ‘wagon, cart’) in English and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, or Lesser Wain (cf. OED: wain sb., 2; wagon sb., 1b). See also st. 21/4.
brautar ‘of the path’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
kennings
Vísi brautar vagna‘The king of the path of the wagons ’
= God
the path of the wagons → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[7-8] vísi brautar vagna ‘the king of the path of the wagons [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: The kenning brautar vagna contains a reference to the constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, called vagn in ON and Charles’s Wain (i.e. ‘wagon, cart’) in English and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, or Lesser Wain (cf. OED: wain sb., 2; wagon sb., 1b). See also st. 21/4.
fagnað ‘favour’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
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[3-6]: Cf. Pétr 2/15-16: Þeir svoruðu: ‘Þik, meistari, eða hvar byggvir þú’ ‘They answered: “You master, but where do you live?”’, John I.38: qui dixerunt ei rabbi, quod dicitur interpretatum magister, ubi habitas? ‘who said to him Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou?’
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