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Anon Pét 19^VII

David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 811-12.

Anonymous Poems Pétrsdrápa

Hóf ‘raised’

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hefja (verb): lift, start

á ‘up onto’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

fjallið ‘mountain’

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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain

háva ‘the high’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

hýrr ‘The glad’

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2. hýrr (adj.): cheerful, mild, glad

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

dag ‘of the day’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagbraut (noun f.)

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[2] dagbrauta ‘of the day-paths’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emend to dagbrautar ‘of the day’s [i.e. the sun’s] path’ (see LP: dagbrautr). Cf., e.g., Anon Leið 38/6 dagskeiðs ‘of the day-course [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Árni Gd 56/5^IV röðuls brautar ‘of the path of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Meissner, 106.

dag ‘of the day’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagbraut (noun f.)

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[2] dagbrauta ‘of the day-paths’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emend to dagbrautar ‘of the day’s [i.e. the sun’s] path’ (see LP: dagbrautr). Cf., e.g., Anon Leið 38/6 dagskeiðs ‘of the day-course [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Árni Gd 56/5^IV röðuls brautar ‘of the path of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Meissner, 106.

brauta ‘paths’

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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away < dagbraut (noun f.)

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[2] dagbrauta ‘of the day-paths’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emend to dagbrautar ‘of the day’s [i.e. the sun’s] path’ (see LP: dagbrautr). Cf., e.g., Anon Leið 38/6 dagskeiðs ‘of the day-course [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Árni Gd 56/5^IV röðuls brautar ‘of the path of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Meissner, 106.

brauta ‘paths’

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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away < dagbraut (noun f.)

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[2] dagbrauta ‘of the day-paths’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) emend to dagbrautar ‘of the day’s [i.e. the sun’s] path’ (see LP: dagbrautr). Cf., e.g., Anon Leið 38/6 dagskeiðs ‘of the day-course [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Árni Gd 56/5^IV röðuls brautar ‘of the path of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN]’; Meissner, 106.

stýrir ‘ruler’

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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller

kennings

Hýrr stýrir dagbrauta
‘The glad ruler of the day-paths ’
= God
the day-paths → SKY/HEAVEN
The glad ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

postula ‘the Apostle’

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postuli (noun m.; °-a; -ar): apostle

Pétr ‘Peter’

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Pétr (noun m.): Peter

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

lýsti ‘showed’

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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show

part ‘a portion’

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partr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): [a portion]

eilífra ‘of eternal’

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eilífr (adj.): eternal

skarta ‘splendours’

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skart (noun n.; °-s): splendours, finery

Ásjónu ‘a face’

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ásjóna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [a face]

guðs ‘of God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

[5] guðs: guð 621

kennings

Góligr sonr guðs
‘The glorious son of God ’
= Christ
The glorious son of God → Christ

notes

[5] guðs sýnir: Ms. ‘gud synir’ (where -s is lost through haplography).

sýnir ‘shows’

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sýna (verb): show, seem

notes

[5] guðs sýnir: Ms. ‘gud synir’ (where -s is lost through haplography).

sól ‘the sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

notes

[6, 8] bjartari sól ... hvítari snjó ‘brighter than the sun ... whiter than snow’: Cf. Matt. XVII.2: resplenduit facies eius sicut sol, vestimenta autem eius facta sunt alba sicut nix ‘his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow’; Pétr 7/2-4: ꜳsiona andlitz hans skein sem sol ꜳ lo᷎nd ukominnar upprisu, klæði hans voru hvit sem snior, biartari var hann en með no᷎ckurri mannligri natturu væri likt ‘the countenance of his face shone like the sun on the lands of the future resurrection, his garments were white as snow, he was brighter than was likely in any human nature’.

bjartari ‘brighter’

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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

notes

[6, 8] bjartari sól ... hvítari snjó ‘brighter than the sun ... whiter than snow’: Cf. Matt. XVII.2: resplenduit facies eius sicut sol, vestimenta autem eius facta sunt alba sicut nix ‘his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow’; Pétr 7/2-4: ꜳsiona andlitz hans skein sem sol ꜳ lo᷎nd ukominnar upprisu, klæði hans voru hvit sem snior, biartari var hann en með no᷎ckurri mannligri natturu væri likt ‘the countenance of his face shone like the sun on the lands of the future resurrection, his garments were white as snow, he was brighter than was likely in any human nature’.

góligr ‘The glorious’

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góligr (adj.): splendid

kennings

Góligr sonr guðs
‘The glorious son of God ’
= Christ
The glorious son of God → Christ

sonr ‘son’

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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son

kennings

Góligr sonr guðs
‘The glorious son of God ’
= Christ
The glorious son of God → Christ

gleði ‘joy’

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gleði (noun f.): joy

notes

[7] gleði var sveinum ‘there was joy among the disciples’: Cf. Pétr 7/13-14: Petrus gladdr af dyrð synarinnar ‘Peter gladdened by the glory of the sight’.

var ‘there was’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

notes

[7] gleði var sveinum ‘there was joy among the disciples’: Cf. Pétr 7/13-14: Petrus gladdr af dyrð synarinnar ‘Peter gladdened by the glory of the sight’.

sveinum ‘among the disciples’

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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant

notes

[7] gleði var sveinum ‘there was joy among the disciples’: Cf. Pétr 7/13-14: Petrus gladdr af dyrð synarinnar ‘Peter gladdened by the glory of the sight’.

snjó ‘snow’

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snjór (noun m.): snow

notes

[6, 8] bjartari sól ... hvítari snjó ‘brighter than the sun ... whiter than snow’: Cf. Matt. XVII.2: resplenduit facies eius sicut sol, vestimenta autem eius facta sunt alba sicut nix ‘his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow’; Pétr 7/2-4: ꜳsiona andlitz hans skein sem sol ꜳ lo᷎nd ukominnar upprisu, klæði hans voru hvit sem snior, biartari var hann en með no᷎ckurri mannligri natturu væri likt ‘the countenance of his face shone like the sun on the lands of the future resurrection, his garments were white as snow, he was brighter than was likely in any human nature’.

hvítari ‘whiter’

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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white

notes

[6, 8] bjartari sól ... hvítari snjó ‘brighter than the sun ... whiter than snow’: Cf. Matt. XVII.2: resplenduit facies eius sicut sol, vestimenta autem eius facta sunt alba sicut nix ‘his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow’; Pétr 7/2-4: ꜳsiona andlitz hans skein sem sol ꜳ lo᷎nd ukominnar upprisu, klæði hans voru hvit sem snior, biartari var hann en með no᷎ckurri mannligri natturu væri likt ‘the countenance of his face shone like the sun on the lands of the future resurrection, his garments were white as snow, he was brighter than was likely in any human nature’.

að ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

[8] að líta*: ‘ok litazt’ 621

notes

[8] að líta* ‘to behold’: Ms. ‘ok litazt’ ‘and they (the disciples? l. 7) seem’. Kock (Skald) accepts Finnur Jónsson’s emendation in Skj B to at líta.

líta* ‘behold’

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líta (verb): look, see; appear

[8] að líta*: ‘ok litazt’ 621

notes

[8] að líta* ‘to behold’: Ms. ‘ok litazt’ ‘and they (the disciples? l. 7) seem’. Kock (Skald) accepts Finnur Jónsson’s emendation in Skj B to at líta.

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Cf. the scriptural accounts of the Transfiguration of Christ at Matt. XVII.1-13, Mark IX.2-13, Luke IX.28-36, 2 Pet. I.16-18, and Pétr 6/32-7/5.

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