Anon Pét 28VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 820-1.
notes
[1]: Kock (NN §1728) rejects Finnur Jónsson’s emendation of ms. ‘Ueittu von’ to Veitt* ván and his adoption of desyllabified -ur in dómur (Skj B; cf. Note to st. 4/2). Instead he assumes a mistranscription of original ‘-in’ as ‘-tu’, and reads Veitin ván, dómr drottins ‘Generous hope, the judgement of the Lord’ (accepting Finnur’s emendation of ms. ‘drottinn’). Ms. ‘Ueittu von’ for Veitt* ván is probably the scribe’s misinterpretation of veitt (adj.) as imp. ‘give hope’. With dómr drottins ‘the judgement of the Lord’ Kock compares st. 33/7-8 riettr dómr ... yfir hjónin ‘a just judgement ... upon [this] married couple’.
ván ‘hope’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
notes
[1]: Kock (NN §1728) rejects Finnur Jónsson’s emendation of ms. ‘Ueittu von’ to Veitt* ván and his adoption of desyllabified -ur in dómur (Skj B; cf. Note to st. 4/2). Instead he assumes a mistranscription of original ‘-in’ as ‘-tu’, and reads Veitin ván, dómr drottins ‘Generous hope, the judgement of the Lord’ (accepting Finnur’s emendation of ms. ‘drottinn’). Ms. ‘Ueittu von’ for Veitt* ván is probably the scribe’s misinterpretation of veitt (adj.) as imp. ‘give hope’. With dómr drottins ‘the judgement of the Lord’ Kock compares st. 33/7-8 riettr dómr ... yfir hjónin ‘a just judgement ... upon [this] married couple’.
dómur ‘the judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
notes
[1]: Kock (NN §1728) rejects Finnur Jónsson’s emendation of ms. ‘Ueittu von’ to Veitt* ván and his adoption of desyllabified -ur in dómur (Skj B; cf. Note to st. 4/2). Instead he assumes a mistranscription of original ‘-in’ as ‘-tu’, and reads Veitin ván, dómr drottins ‘Generous hope, the judgement of the Lord’ (accepting Finnur’s emendation of ms. ‘drottinn’). Ms. ‘Ueittu von’ for Veitt* ván is probably the scribe’s misinterpretation of veitt (adj.) as imp. ‘give hope’. With dómr drottins ‘the judgement of the Lord’ Kock compares st. 33/7-8 riettr dómr ... yfir hjónin ‘a just judgement ... upon [this] married couple’.
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[1] drottins: drottinn 621
notes
[1]: Kock (NN §1728) rejects Finnur Jónsson’s emendation of ms. ‘Ueittu von’ to Veitt* ván and his adoption of desyllabified -ur in dómur (Skj B; cf. Note to st. 4/2). Instead he assumes a mistranscription of original ‘-in’ as ‘-tu’, and reads Veitin ván, dómr drottins ‘Generous hope, the judgement of the Lord’ (accepting Finnur’s emendation of ms. ‘drottinn’). Ms. ‘Ueittu von’ for Veitt* ván is probably the scribe’s misinterpretation of veitt (adj.) as imp. ‘give hope’. With dómr drottins ‘the judgement of the Lord’ Kock compares st. 33/7-8 riettr dómr ... yfir hjónin ‘a just judgement ... upon [this] married couple’.
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
skýrð ‘interpreted’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
ritning ‘the scripture’
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ritning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ar): writing, scripture
dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
vörm ‘fervent’
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varmr (adj.; °compar. -ari): warm
ást ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
virðing ‘honour’
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virðing (noun f.; °-ar): honour
hæsta ‘highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
vernd ‘defence’
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vernd (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): defence, protection
mæt ‘excellent’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
lítilæti ‘humility’
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lítillæti (noun n.): humility
tamið ‘subdued’
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temja (verb): tame
hold ‘flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
töpuð ‘abolished’
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tapa (verb): lose, abolish
reiði ‘wrath’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
traust ‘support’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
sterkt ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
góðra ‘of good’
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góðr (adj.): good
verka ‘deeds’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
roðin ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
písl ‘martyrdom’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
riett ‘directly’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
notes
[7] riett í blóði ‘directly in blood’: perhaps for riettu blóði ? ‘reddened ... with righteous blood’?
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[7] riett í blóði ‘directly in blood’: perhaps for riettu blóði ? ‘reddened ... with righteous blood’?
blóði ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
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[7] riett í blóði ‘directly in blood’: perhaps for riettu blóði ? ‘reddened ... with righteous blood’?
notes
[8] rís ‘he ascends’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) merely notes that the meaning of 28/8 is ‘somewhat obscure’. Kock (NN §1729) argues that ms. ‘ʀis’ must mean ‘rising, ascent’, and is formally comparable to MHG rs, ME rȳs (in, e.g., sonne-rȳs), nominal derivatives of MHG rīsen ‘to rise, fall’, ME rīsen ‘to rise’. A noun rís is not otherwise attested in OIcel. (cf. Notes to sts 29/8 jungum; 30/5 hetskum). If the ms. form represents the ablaut-derivative of rísa, *ris (otherwise attested only in upp-/mót-ris; see AEW: ris), then the l. has skothending rather than expected aðalhending. It is far simpler to take the form as pres. ind. 3rd pers. sg. of rísa ‘to rise, ascend’ (on the simplification of ríss > rís see ANG §§277, 286, 531.2). The fact that Peter ‘ascends to heaven’ is both the last of the ‘twelve things’ referred to at the end of st. 27 and the sublime consequence of all the others.
að ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
paradísum ‘Paradise’
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paradís (noun f.; °-ar): paradise
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