Anon Pét 33VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 825.
Annanías ‘Ananias’
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Ananías (noun m.): [Ananias]
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
inni ‘indoors’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
áðr ‘previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < lífhnugginn (adj./verb p.p.)
[2] lífhnugginn: ‘lif hnugerinn’ 621
notes
[1-2] lífhnugginn náða ‘bereft of life’s favours [lit. life-bereft of favours]’: I.e. ‘dead’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘lif hnugerinn’ to lífs hnugginn (= hnugginn lífs náða, with the same sense, cf. LP: hnyggva). Kock (NN §1735) would instead read ll. 1-2 as Ánanías lá lífhnugginn inni náða ‘Ananias lay life-deprived in the abode of rests [GRAVE]’. With the otherwise unattested grave-kenning inni náða, he compares náðahús, although the cpd appears never to have the sense ‘grave’ (cf. Fritzner: 1 Kabinet ‘private room’; 2 Privet ‘privy’). He compares liggja with acc. object with the analogous use of sitja with acc. documented in NS §88, Anm. 5.
hnugginn ‘bereft’
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hnugginn (adj./verb p.p.): deprived < lífhnugginn (adj./verb p.p.)
[2] lífhnugginn: ‘lif hnugerinn’ 621
notes
[1-2] lífhnugginn náða ‘bereft of life’s favours [lit. life-bereft of favours]’: I.e. ‘dead’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘lif hnugerinn’ to lífs hnugginn (= hnugginn lífs náða, with the same sense, cf. LP: hnyggva). Kock (NN §1735) would instead read ll. 1-2 as Ánanías lá lífhnugginn inni náða ‘Ananias lay life-deprived in the abode of rests [GRAVE]’. With the otherwise unattested grave-kenning inni náða, he compares náðahús, although the cpd appears never to have the sense ‘grave’ (cf. Fritzner: 1 Kabinet ‘private room’; 2 Privet ‘privy’). He compares liggja with acc. object with the analogous use of sitja with acc. documented in NS §88, Anm. 5.
náða ‘of favours’
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náði (noun n.; °-s): [favours]
notes
[1-2] lífhnugginn náða ‘bereft of life’s favours [lit. life-bereft of favours]’: I.e. ‘dead’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘lif hnugerinn’ to lífs hnugginn (= hnugginn lífs náða, with the same sense, cf. LP: hnyggva). Kock (NN §1735) would instead read ll. 1-2 as Ánanías lá lífhnugginn inni náða ‘Ananias lay life-deprived in the abode of rests [GRAVE]’. With the otherwise unattested grave-kenning inni náða, he compares náðahús, although the cpd appears never to have the sense ‘grave’ (cf. Fritzner: 1 Kabinet ‘private room’; 2 Privet ‘privy’). He compares liggja with acc. object with the analogous use of sitja with acc. documented in NS §88, Anm. 5.
drýgði ‘had committed’
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drýgja (verb; °-gð-): cause, practise
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
löst ‘sin’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice
í ‘through’
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í (prep.): in, into
lygðum ‘falsehoods’
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lygð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): lie
laun ‘retributions’
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3. laun (noun n.; °-; -): rewards
kómu ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
sannlig ‘indeed’
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sannligr (adj.): [indeed, True]
raunar ‘fitting’
Leyndi ‘concealed’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
Saphíra ‘Sapphira’
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Sáphíra (noun f.): [Sapphira]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sýndi ‘showed’
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sýna (verb): show, seem
sumt ‘part of’
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2. sumr (pron.): some
verð ‘the amount’
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verð (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): worth, price
akurs ‘for the field’
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akr (noun m.; °akrs, dat. akri; akrar): field
kennings
skerði* dress;‘to the diminisher of arrogance; ’
= HOLY MAN
to the diminisher of arrogance; → HOLY MAN
riettr ‘a just’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
dómr ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
dottið ‘fallen’
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dotta (verb): [fallen]
dress ‘of arrogance’
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dress (noun n.): [arrogance]
kennings
skerði* dress;‘to the diminisher of arrogance; ’
= HOLY MAN
to the diminisher of arrogance; → HOLY MAN
yfir ‘upon’
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yfir (prep.): over
hjónin ‘married couple’
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hjón (noun n.; °; -): one of the household, married couple, domestic servant
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Annanías lá inni, |
Ananias lay indoors, bereft of life’s favours [lit. life-bereft of favours]; previously he had committed sin through falsehoods; fitting retributions came indeed. Sapphira concealed and showed [only] part of the amount for the field to the diminisher of arrogance [HOLY MAN]; a just judgement has fallen upon this married couple.
The story of the deception of Ananias and Sapphira and their punishment is told at Acts V.1-11 and Pétr 27/20-8/34. The st. should logically follow st. 52 (see Introduction).
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