David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 829-30.
Beið, þó að styrjöld stæði,
stálharðr, en guð varði;
snúða liet happa hlæðir
herferð og brá sverði.
Sneið af eyra íðinn
ástverka þræl sterkum,
áðr en andlags gæðir
umgerðar batt sverði.
Stálharðr beið, þó að styrjöld stæði, en varði guð; {hlæðir happa} liet snúða herferð, og brá sverði. Íðinn ástverka sneið af eyra sterkum þræl, áðr en {gæðir andlags} batt umgerðar sverði.
‘Steel-hard he stood firm, though conflict took place, and defended God; the accumulator of blessings [HOLY MAN = Peter] made battle hasten, and drew his sword. Zealous for acts of devotion he cut off the ear of a strong slave, before the strengthener of the counterthrust [WARRIOR = Peter] fastened the bindings on the sword [i.e. returned his sword to its scabbard].’
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Beið, þó að styrjöld stæði,
stálharðr, en guð varði;
†suid† liet happa hlæðir
herferð og brá sverði.
Sneið af eyra íðinn
ástverka þræl sterkum,
áðr en andlags gæðir
umgerðar batt sverði.
Beid þo at styrjulld stædi. stalhardr | en gud vardi. suid let happa hlædir. herferd ok bra suerdi. sneid af eyra|jdin astuerka þræl sterkum. adr en andlags giædir. vmgerdar bat suerdi // |
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