Anon Pét 31VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 31’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 823.
Mætti ‘met’
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mœta (verb): meet
notes
[1, 2] hann mætti tvennum mundangsháttum ‘he met with two balanced ways’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: Han mødte to slags adfærd (?) ‘He met with two types of behaviour (?)’. Kock (NN §3373A) argues that the sense of mundangsháttr ‘moderate mode of action, behaviour’ is intentionally ironic (cf. GunnlI Lv 1/1V mundangssterkr ‘middlingly strong’), and that the reference is to two harsh treatments suffered by Peter: his imprisonment in Jerusalem, and crucifixion in Rome. It seems more likely, however, that the two mundangshættir referred to are the balanced actions of binding and loosing on earth and in heaven referred to in st. 32.
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[1, 2] hann mætti tvennum mundangsháttum ‘he met with two balanced ways’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: Han mødte to slags adfærd (?) ‘He met with two types of behaviour (?)’. Kock (NN §3373A) argues that the sense of mundangsháttr ‘moderate mode of action, behaviour’ is intentionally ironic (cf. GunnlI Lv 1/1V mundangssterkr ‘middlingly strong’), and that the reference is to two harsh treatments suffered by Peter: his imprisonment in Jerusalem, and crucifixion in Rome. It seems more likely, however, that the two mundangshættir referred to are the balanced actions of binding and loosing on earth and in heaven referred to in st. 32.
mundangs ‘balanced’
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mundang (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): appropriate < mundangsháttr (noun m.)
notes
[1, 2] hann mætti tvennum mundangsháttum ‘he met with two balanced ways’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: Han mødte to slags adfærd (?) ‘He met with two types of behaviour (?)’. Kock (NN §3373A) argues that the sense of mundangsháttr ‘moderate mode of action, behaviour’ is intentionally ironic (cf. GunnlI Lv 1/1V mundangssterkr ‘middlingly strong’), and that the reference is to two harsh treatments suffered by Peter: his imprisonment in Jerusalem, and crucifixion in Rome. It seems more likely, however, that the two mundangshættir referred to are the balanced actions of binding and loosing on earth and in heaven referred to in st. 32.
háttum ‘ways’
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1. háttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. hætti; hættir, acc. háttu): behaviour, measure, verse-form < mundangsháttr (noun m.)
notes
[1, 2] hann mætti tvennum mundangsháttum ‘he met with two balanced ways’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: Han mødte to slags adfærd (?) ‘He met with two types of behaviour (?)’. Kock (NN §3373A) argues that the sense of mundangsháttr ‘moderate mode of action, behaviour’ is intentionally ironic (cf. GunnlI Lv 1/1V mundangssterkr ‘middlingly strong’), and that the reference is to two harsh treatments suffered by Peter: his imprisonment in Jerusalem, and crucifixion in Rome. It seems more likely, however, that the two mundangshættir referred to are the balanced actions of binding and loosing on earth and in heaven referred to in st. 32.
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
birta ‘proclaim’
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2. birta (verb; °-rt-): reveal
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
tvennum ‘with two’
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tvennr (adj.): two
notes
[1, 2] hann mætti tvennum mundangsháttum ‘he met with two balanced ways’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: Han mødte to slags adfærd (?) ‘He met with two types of behaviour (?)’. Kock (NN §3373A) argues that the sense of mundangsháttr ‘moderate mode of action, behaviour’ is intentionally ironic (cf. GunnlI Lv 1/1V mundangssterkr ‘middlingly strong’), and that the reference is to two harsh treatments suffered by Peter: his imprisonment in Jerusalem, and crucifixion in Rome. It seems more likely, however, that the two mundangshættir referred to are the balanced actions of binding and loosing on earth and in heaven referred to in st. 32.
stóð ‘he stood’
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standa (verb): stand
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
æztri ‘the highest’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
iðju ‘zeal’
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1. iðja (noun f.; °-u): zeal, attempt
óhallr ‘upright’
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óhallr (adj.): [upright]
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[4] á siðapalli ‘on the step of faith’: Cf. st. 8/8 pall siðlætis ‘the step of virtue’ and Note.
siða ‘of faith’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals < siðapallr (noun m.)
notes
[4] á siðapalli ‘on the step of faith’: Cf. st. 8/8 pall siðlætis ‘the step of virtue’ and Note.
palli ‘the step’
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pallr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): bench, step < siðapallr (noun m.)
notes
[4] á siðapalli ‘on the step of faith’: Cf. st. 8/8 pall siðlætis ‘the step of virtue’ and Note.
Lagði ‘gave’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
laun ‘reward’
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3. laun (noun n.; °-; -): rewards
fyr ‘as’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
dygðar ‘for virtue’
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dyggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): virtue
lærisveini ‘disciple’
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lærisveinn (noun m.): disciple
hreinum ‘to the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
stjörnum ‘the stars’
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stjarna (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): star
stýrði ‘ruled’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
notes
[8] stinn* ‘strong’: Ms. ‘stinnir’ emended to agree with orð (n. acc. pl.), l. 7.
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vil ‘wish’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
inna ‘to report’
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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm
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