Anon Pét 5VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 800-1.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
dapr ‘downcast’
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dapr (adj.): gloomy
af ‘on account’
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af (prep.): from
dauða ‘of death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
dáligum ‘for wretched’
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dáligr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-(a)st-): [for wretched]
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sálar ‘for soul’s’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
miskunnar ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mönnum ‘for men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
milding ‘king’
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mildingr (noun m.; °-s): ruler, generous one
kennings
gildan milding himins‘the excellent king of heaven ’
= God
the excellent king of heaven → God
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
gildan milding himins‘the excellent king of heaven ’
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the excellent king of heaven → God
gildan ‘the excellent’
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2. gildr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): valued at, worth
kennings
gildan milding himins‘the excellent king of heaven ’
= God
the excellent king of heaven → God
Guði ‘after God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
næst ‘Next’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
trúast ‘most faithfully’
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trúr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): faithful
treystir ‘trusts’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
tár ‘the tear’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear < tárfeldr (adj./verb p.p.)
notes
[6] tárfeld ‘tearful’: All previous eds read ms. form as ‘tarfelld’. However, Konráð Gíslason (1860, 557 n. 14) indicates that he believes the form has been altered from ‘turfelld’, which, he suggests, may be a metathesized form of *trufelld (‘given to faith’, ‘faithful’?). No such adj. is attested elsewhere.
feld ‘ful’
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3. fella (verb): fell, kill < tárfeldr (adj./verb p.p.)
notes
[6] tárfeld ‘tearful’: All previous eds read ms. form as ‘tarfelld’. However, Konráð Gíslason (1860, 557 n. 14) indicates that he believes the form has been altered from ‘turfelld’, which, he suggests, may be a metathesized form of *trufelld (‘given to faith’, ‘faithful’?). No such adj. is attested elsewhere.
þjóð ‘race’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
notes
[6] móðir ‘mother’: Both Finnur Jónsson and Kock emend to móður, since the word is dat. object of treysti, but móðir is frequently used as a dat. sg. form in late medieval/early modern Icel. See, e.g., Bandle 1956, 263-7 and refs. Cf. sts 37/2 and 49/2.
hjálp ‘the help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heimsins ‘of the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
notes
[7] stólpi heimsins ‘pillar of the world’: Cf. Anon Mdr 41/5 hjálpar staðr og stólpi ‘place of help and pillar’; Schottmann 1973, 53-4.
stólpi ‘pillar’
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stolpi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): pillar
notes
[7] stólpi heimsins ‘pillar of the world’: Cf. Anon Mdr 41/5 hjálpar staðr og stólpi ‘place of help and pillar’; Schottmann 1973, 53-4.
hlíf ‘defence’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
styrk ‘strong’
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2. styrkr (adj.): powerful, strong
konungr ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
notes
[8] konungr vífa ‘the king of women’: The Virgin Mary, on this kenning-like phrase, see Mdr 5/2 and Note; Meissner, 424; Schottmann 1973, 95.
vífa ‘of women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
notes
[8] konungr vífa ‘the king of women’: The Virgin Mary, on this kenning-like phrase, see Mdr 5/2 and Note; Meissner, 424; Schottmann 1973, 95.
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This st. is copied separately in an C18th(?) hand in the lower margin of fol. 23r. — [1-2]: The prose order and translation here follow NN §1713. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) takes af dauða dáligum mier together: for mig, syg formedelst døden ‘for me, sick on account of death’.
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