Anon Pét 38VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 829.
Grípa ‘seize’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
ópi ‘shouting’
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óp (noun n.; °-s): shouting, crying
grið ‘the truce’
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grið (noun n.): truce < griðníðingr (noun m.)
[2] griðníðingar: ‘gridningar’ 621
níðingar ‘breakers’
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níðingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): villian, scoundrel < griðníðingr (noun m.)
[2] griðníðingar: ‘gridningar’ 621
síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
særðan ‘wounded’
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særa (verb): wound
bundinn ‘bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
börðu ‘they beat’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
bar ‘bore’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
klungr ‘the thorn’
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klungr (noun m.; °klungrs, dat. klungri; klungrar): thorn, bramble
enni ‘brow’
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enni (noun n.; °-s; -): forehead, brow
sprungið ‘riven’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
Negla ‘They nail’
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negla (verb): nail
Krist ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
nöglum ‘nails’
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nagl (noun m.; °dat. -i; negl): nail
nemr ‘strikes’
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1. nema (verb): to take
notes
[6] spjót nemr hjarta rótum ‘the spear strikes his heart at the roots’: Finnur Jónsson takes hjartarœtr as a cpd meaning ‘roots of the heart’ (Skj B; LP; cf. hjartrótum 43/6). As Kock points out, however (NN §2879), nema regularly takes the acc., and the object of the verb here must therefore be hjarta. With locative dat. rótum cf. e.g. víðum torgum ‘in the wide squares’ 10/2; NS §117.
spjót ‘the spear’
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spjót (noun n.; °-s; -): spear
notes
[6] spjót nemr hjarta rótum ‘the spear strikes his heart at the roots’: Finnur Jónsson takes hjartarœtr as a cpd meaning ‘roots of the heart’ (Skj B; LP; cf. hjartrótum 43/6). As Kock points out, however (NN §2879), nema regularly takes the acc., and the object of the verb here must therefore be hjarta. With locative dat. rótum cf. e.g. víðum torgum ‘in the wide squares’ 10/2; NS §117.
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
notes
[6] spjót nemr hjarta rótum ‘the spear strikes his heart at the roots’: Finnur Jónsson takes hjartarœtr as a cpd meaning ‘roots of the heart’ (Skj B; LP; cf. hjartrótum 43/6). As Kock points out, however (NN §2879), nema regularly takes the acc., and the object of the verb here must therefore be hjarta. With locative dat. rótum cf. e.g. víðum torgum ‘in the wide squares’ 10/2; NS §117.
rótum ‘at the roots’
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1. rót (noun f.; °-ar; rǿtr): root
notes
[6] spjót nemr hjarta rótum ‘the spear strikes his heart at the roots’: Finnur Jónsson takes hjartarœtr as a cpd meaning ‘roots of the heart’ (Skj B; LP; cf. hjartrótum 43/6). As Kock points out, however (NN §2879), nema regularly takes the acc., and the object of the verb here must therefore be hjarta. With locative dat. rótum cf. e.g. víðum torgum ‘in the wide squares’ 10/2; NS §117.
ben ‘wound’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
náði ‘did’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
blæða ‘bleed’
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blœða (verb; °-dd-): bleed
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kross ‘Cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
góðan ‘the good’
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góðr (adj.): good
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The st. is a catalogue of the ignominies and torments suffered by Christ in the Passion (cf. Matt. XXVII; Mark XV; John XIX; the improperia ‘reproaches’ of the Good Friday Office). The opening ll. look as though they should follow st. 40/7-8. However, the transcriber may perhaps have taken them to refer to the arrest of Christ in Gethsemane, and placed the st. before st. 39 for that reason.
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