Anon Pét 24VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 817.
text and translation
Bar Jónam guð greinir
góðan Símón þjóðum;
nafn skýrir ‘berg skærast’
skýrt ritningar vitni.
Yfir það berg til bjarga
blíðr kva*z mundu smíða
kristni kennir fastra
Kristr hermargra lista.
Guð greinir þjóðum Símón Bar Jónam góðan; skýrt vitni ritningar skýrir nafn ‘berg skærast’. Yfir það berg kva*z Kristr, blíðr kennir fastra lista, mundu smíða kristni til bjarga hermargra.
‘God explains to nations that Simon Bar-Jona is good; the clear testimony of scripture interprets his name as ‘purest rock’. Upon that rock, Christ, the joyful teacher of steadfast virtues, said that he would build Christianity for the salvation of very many.’
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Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 621 4° (621) — 58v/10 - 58v/12
imagesBar Jónam guð greinir
góðan Símón þjóðum;
nafn skýrir ‘berg skærast’
†skyr† ritningar vitni.
Yfir það berg til bjarga
blíðr †kuaudz† mundu smíða
kristni †kennj† fastna
Kristr hermargra lista.Barionam gud greinir. godan simon þiodum. nafn skyrir berg skiæraz. skyr ʀ\\itningar vitní. yfir þat | berg til biarga. blidr kuaudz mundu smida. kristnj kennj fastna | kristr hermargra lista / |
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 24: AII, 504, BII, 550-1, Skald II, 302, NN §1725; Kahle 1898, 83, 110.
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