Anon Pét 45VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 836.
text and translation
Metr líkn guðs og ljótan
löst* sinn vánar trausti
smurðr af greina garði
gegn brásteina regni.
Enn frá öðrum mönnum
allþrútinn fór úti
angrs; var einn í gaungu
ótt til grafar dróttins.
Gegn, smurðr {regni {brásteina}} af {garði greina}, metr guðs líkn og ljótan löst* sinn trausti vánar. Enn allþrútinn angrs fór úti frá öðrum mönnum; einn var í gaungu ótt til grafar dróttins.
‘The upright man, anointed with rain of eyelash-stones [EYES > TEARS] from the enclosure of wits [BREAST], considers God’s mercy and his own ugly sin with the support of hope. Still swollen with grief, he was walking outside, away from other men; alone he made his way quickly to the Lord’s grave.’
notes and context
[6]: Cf. Matt. XXVI.75; Luke XXII.62: egressus foras ‘having gone out’; Pétr2Aˣ 161/40: gekk ut ‘went out’; PP 286/7: hann geck ut ‘he went out’.
readings
sources
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.
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AM 621 4° (621) — 59v/7 - 59v/8
imagesMetr líkn guðs og ljótan
†laustn† sinn vánar trausti
smurðr af greina garði
gegn brásteina regni.
Enn frá öðrum mönnum
allþrútinn fór úti
angrs; var einn í gaungu
ótt til grafar dróttins.Metr likn guds ok liotan. laustn sinn vonar trausti. smurdr af greína gardi. gegn \\ brasteina ʀegni | enn fra odrum monnum. allþrutinn for vti. angrs var einn j gongu. ott til grafar drottins // |
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 7]. En drape om apostlen Peder 45: AII, 507, BII, 555-6, Skald II, 304, NN §§1747, 2884; Kahle 1898, 88, 111.
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