Anon Pét 27VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 819-20.
text and translation
Pétrus princeps heitir
postulanna — sannaz
‘Céphás’, þýðiz þvísa
það nafn eða ‘steinn’ — jafnan.
Sælan * sunnu deilir
siðspenni kvað þenna
mest fyr tólf, þá er treysta
trú verk, hluti sterka.
Pétrus heitir jafnan princeps postulanna; sannaz ‘Céphás’, það nafn þýðiz þvísa eða ‘steinn’. {Deilir sunnu} * kvað {þenna siðspenni} sælan mest fyr tólf sterka hluti, þá er treysta trú verk.
‘Peter is always called the prince of Apostles; he is proven [to be] ‘Cephas’, that name is interpreted in this way or ‘stone’. The ruler of the sun [= God (= Christ)] said that this virtue-clasper [APOSTLE] was blessed most for twelve strong things which bolster faithful deeds.’
notes and context
[5-6]: Cf. Note to st. 24/1-2 and ms. readings above. Kock (Skald) accepts Finnur Jónsson’s emendation (Skj B) of vera to kvað ‘said’, also adopted here.
readings
sources
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/18 - 58v/20
imagesPétrus princeps heitir
postulanna — sannaz
‘Céphás’, þýðiz þvísa
það nafn eða ‘steinn’ — jafnan.
Sælan kvað sunnu deilir
siðspenni vera þenna
mest fyr tólf, þá er treystir
trú verk, hluti sterka.Petrus princeps heitir. postulanna sannaz. cephas þydiz þuisa. þat na\\fn æda steinn ja|fnan. selan kuad sunnu deilir. sid spenni vera þenna. mest firi .xjj. þa er | treystir. tru verk hluti sterka // |
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 27: AII, 504, BII, 551, Skald II, 302; Kahle 1898, 84, 110.
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