Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 34

David McDougall

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Anon Pét 34^VII

David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 34’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 826.

Anonymous Poems Pétrsdrápa

33 34 35

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[3] prýði postula ‘the adornment [adorner?] of the Apostles’: Finnur Jónsson treats prýðir ‘adorner’ in LP, but translates apostlenes pryd ‘adornment, glory of the Apostles’ in Skj B.

prýði ‘the adornment [adorner?]’

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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour

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ið ‘’

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2. inn (art.): the

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[3] ið næsta ‘very nearly’: Kock (NN §2831B.[b]) takes as a temporal adv. ‘next, thereupon’, but an adv. of degree ‘very nearly, almost’ seems more likely. Cf. NN §2831C: om grad. a and b.

næsta ‘very nearly’

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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next

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píslar ‘of martyrdom’

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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture < píslardrykkr (noun m.)

drykk ‘a drink’

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drykkr (noun m.; °-jar/-ar(DN II (*1276apogr) 14³)/-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): drink < píslardrykkr (noun m.)

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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[4] með lykku ‘with bliss’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) retains ms. ‘liku’ and paraphrases ll. 3-4: en pinsels drik, der kommer hans nærmest i lighed(?) ‘a drink of martyrdom which comes closest in similarity to his (?)’. Cf. LP: líkr, where ið næsta með líku is rendered omtrent i lige grad ‘almost equally’. As Kock points out (NN §1736), l. 4 lacks aðalhending; so he proposes emending ms. liku to lykku, dat. sg. of lykka ‘good fortune, happiness, bliss’ (< MLG (ge)lucke; see NN §1729 and Notes to sts 28/8, 29/8, 30/5; cf. Fritzner: lukka, lykka; Falk-Torp 1960: lykke). Kock compares the contrast of píslardrykk með lykku with st. 28/7-8 písl ... í blóði, rís að paradísum ‘martyrdom ... in blood; he ascends to Paradise’ and notes some parallels at NN §2997C.

lykku ‘bliss’

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lukka (noun f.; °-u): luck

[4] lykku: ‘liku’ 621

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Kross ‘cross’

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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix < krosstré (noun n.)

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[5] krosstrie ‘cross-tree’: Cf. Pétr 109/19-20: þetta er lifs tre, er ek em ꜳ festr ‘this is the tree of life on which I am fastened’.

trie ‘tree’

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tré (noun n.; °-s; tré/trjó, gen. trjá, dat. trjóm/trjám): tree < krosstré (noun n.)

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[5] krosstrie ‘cross-tree’: Cf. Pétr 109/19-20: þetta er lifs tre, er ek em ꜳ festr ‘this is the tree of life on which I am fastened’.

hátt ‘the high’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

Kristo ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

kannar ‘come to know’

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3. kanna (verb): know, be able

Pétr ‘Peter’

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Pétr (noun m.): Peter

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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[6-7] og annarr, bróðir hans ‘and another, his brother’: Cf. st. 11/1-2. On the crucifixion of Andrew see, e.g., Anon Andr 2.

annarr ‘another’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

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[6-7] og annarr, bróðir hans ‘and another, his brother’: Cf. st. 11/1-2. On the crucifixion of Andrew see, e.g., Anon Andr 2.

bróðir ‘brother’

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bróðir (noun m.; °bróður/brǿðr/bróðurs, dat. bróður/brǿðr/breðr, acc. bróður/brǿðr; brǿðr/bróðr/breðr (brǿðrirnir Jvs291 75¹⁴), gen. brǿ---): brother

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[6-7] og annarr, bróðir hans ‘and another, his brother’: Cf. st. 11/1-2. On the crucifixion of Andrew see, e.g., Anon Andr 2.

hans ‘his’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

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[6-7] og annarr, bróðir hans ‘and another, his brother’: Cf. st. 11/1-2. On the crucifixion of Andrew see, e.g., Anon Andr 2.

þvíað ‘because’

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þvít (conj.): because, since

báðum ‘them both’

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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both

blóm ‘the flower’

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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower

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[8] blóm píslanna ‘the flower of martyrdoms’: = ‘martyrdom’.

píslanna ‘of martyrdoms’

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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture

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[8] blóm píslanna ‘the flower of martyrdoms’: = ‘martyrdom’.

sómir ‘befits’

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sóma (verb): befit, beseem

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Anon Pét 34VII

Veitt ‘granted’

hefir ‘has’

virðing ‘an honour’

drottinn ‘Lord’

ver ‘to the man’

líka ‘like’

sier ‘his own’

ríkastr ‘The most powerful’

postula ‘of the Apostles’

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prýði ‘the adornment [adorner?]’

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ið ‘’

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næsta ‘very nearly’

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píslar ‘of martyrdom’

drykk ‘a drink’

með ‘with’

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lykku ‘bliss’

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Kross ‘cross’

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trie ‘tree’

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hátt ‘the high’

með ‘with’

Kristo ‘Christ’

kannar ‘come to know’

Pétr ‘Peter’

og ‘and’

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annarr ‘another’

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bróðir ‘brother’

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hans ‘his’

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þvíað ‘because’

báðum ‘them both’

blóm ‘the flower’

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píslanna ‘of martyrdoms’

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sómir ‘befits’

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Anon Pét 34^VII