Anon Pét 42VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 833-4.
Fótr ‘The foot’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
hnögg ‘stumbled’
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hnøggva (verb): [stumbled]
föðurins ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
sæta ‘of the beloved’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
fagnaðr ‘joy’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
jókz ‘was increased’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
magni ‘mightily’
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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength
oss ‘for us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þvíað ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
notes
[3] vára* ‘our’: Ms. ‘varrar’, agreeing with aldar ‘of mankind’ (l. 4).
vissi ‘knew’
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1. vita (verb): know
valdr ‘the ruler’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
valdr aldar‘the ruler of mankind ’
= God
the ruler of mankind → God
breyskleika ‘frailties’
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breyskleikr (noun m.; °-s): [frailties]
aldar ‘of mankind’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
kennings
valdr aldar‘the ruler of mankind ’
= God
the ruler of mankind → God
Neitar ‘he denies’
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1. neita (verb): refuse
notes
[5-6] neitar sitt nafn ‘he denies his name’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.69-74; Mark XIV.66-71; Luke XXII.55-60; John XVIII.17-18, 25-7; Pétr 14, esp. 14/19-22: Eptir orðum Augustini neitar eigi sa einn guði, er eigi kallaz kristinn, helldr ok hinn er eigi kallaz lærisveinn, þviat fyrrmeirr hetu þvi nafni allir rettruadir menn, aðr en hitt nafn kom upp i Antiochia ‘According to the words of Augustine, not only he who is not called Christian, but also the one who is not called disciple denies God, because formerly all men of orthodox faith were called by that name, before the other name originated in Antioch’; cf. Augustine, In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (in Willems 1954, 637/20-34).
nafn ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
notes
[5-6] neitar sitt nafn ‘he denies his name’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.69-74; Mark XIV.66-71; Luke XXII.55-60; John XVIII.17-18, 25-7; Pétr 14, esp. 14/19-22: Eptir orðum Augustini neitar eigi sa einn guði, er eigi kallaz kristinn, helldr ok hinn er eigi kallaz lærisveinn, þviat fyrrmeirr hetu þvi nafni allir rettruadir menn, aðr en hitt nafn kom upp i Antiochia ‘According to the words of Augustine, not only he who is not called Christian, but also the one who is not called disciple denies God, because formerly all men of orthodox faith were called by that name, before the other name originated in Antioch’; cf. Augustine, In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (in Willems 1954, 637/20-34).
fyr ‘out of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ótta ‘fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
nauðigur ‘Reluctant’
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nauðigr (adj.; °nauðgan; superl. nauðgastr): reluctant(ly), under duress
notes
[6] nauðigur ‘reluctant’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) prints nauðigr and introduces er between sitt and dauðans to gain an extra syllable in the l. He reads er ambátt spurði ‘when the maidservant asked (him)’. Kock (NN §1744) inserts þá instead in the same place (which he takes with the first cl.: þá neitar hann). Emendation is unnecessary if one assumes trisyllabic nauðigur. Cf. Note to st. 4/2.
sitt ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
notes
[5-6] neitar sitt nafn ‘he denies his name’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.69-74; Mark XIV.66-71; Luke XXII.55-60; John XVIII.17-18, 25-7; Pétr 14, esp. 14/19-22: Eptir orðum Augustini neitar eigi sa einn guði, er eigi kallaz kristinn, helldr ok hinn er eigi kallaz lærisveinn, þviat fyrrmeirr hetu þvi nafni allir rettruadir menn, aðr en hitt nafn kom upp i Antiochia ‘According to the words of Augustine, not only he who is not called Christian, but also the one who is not called disciple denies God, because formerly all men of orthodox faith were called by that name, before the other name originated in Antioch’; cf. Augustine, In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (in Willems 1954, 637/20-34).
dauðans ‘of death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
orð ‘the word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
guðs ‘of God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
ambátt ‘the maidservant’
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ambátt (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar (ambottor EiðKrA 391²²)): handmaid
notes
[7] ambátt spurði ‘the maidservant asked’: Cf. Pétr 14/2: ambatt, su er dura geymdi ‘the maidservant who kept the door’ (= John XVIII.17 ancilla ostiaria ‘the maidservant who was portress’).
spurði ‘asked’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
notes
[7] ambátt spurði ‘the maidservant asked’: Cf. Pétr 14/2: ambatt, su er dura geymdi ‘the maidservant who kept the door’ (= John XVIII.17 ancilla ostiaria ‘the maidservant who was portress’).
angrs ‘sorrow’
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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
notes
[8] varð að ganga framm ‘had to be fulfilled’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.34, 75; Mark XIV.30, 72; Luke XXII.34, 61.
framm ‘fulfilled’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
notes
[8] varð að ganga framm ‘had to be fulfilled’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.34, 75; Mark XIV.30, 72; Luke XXII.34, 61.
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[8] varð að ganga framm ‘had to be fulfilled’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.34, 75; Mark XIV.30, 72; Luke XXII.34, 61.
ganga ‘be’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
notes
[8] varð að ganga framm ‘had to be fulfilled’: Cf. Matt. XXVI.34, 75; Mark XIV.30, 72; Luke XXII.34, 61.
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