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Anon Pét 25VII

David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 817-18.

Anonymous PoemsPétrsdrápa
242526

text and translation

Pétr Jóhannis játar;
Jésús spyrr hann fyrri
þannveg þrysvar sinnum
þegn af guðdóms megni:
‘Elskar þú mig? Þvíað milskaz
mitt nafn fyr þier jafnan;
fæði að föður míns ráði
fremd þín sauði mína!’

Pétr Jóhannis játar; af guðdóms megni spyrr Jésús hann, þegn, fyrri þrysvar sinnum þannveg: ‘Elskar þú mig? Þvíað mitt nafn milskaz jafnan fyr þier; að ráði föður míns fæði þín fremd mína sauði!’
 
‘Peter, [the son] of Johannes answers yes; with the might of divinity Jesus asks him, his follower, first three times thus: ‘Do you love me? Because my name is always sweet to you; by the authority of my father may your glory feed my sheep!’

notes and context

Cf. John XXI.15-17; Pétr 16/31-17/12. This st. should logically follow st. 16/1-4 (see Introduction and 16 Note to [All]). — [1-6]: The interpretation followed here is that proposed by Kock (NN §1726). — [7-8]: Cf. Pétr 17/12: Fæð þu sauði mina ‘Feed my sheep’; John XXI.17: pasce oves meas ‘feed my sheep’.

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editions and texts

Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 25: AII, 504, BII, 551, Skald II, 302, NN §§1726, 1727, 2877; Kahle 1898, 83, 110.

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