Anon Pét 52VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 52’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 842-3.
Giekk ‘walked’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
að ‘At’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
nóni ‘the ninth hour’
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nón (noun n.; °-s): ninth hour
nökkur ‘somewhere’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
nær ‘near’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
miskunnar ‘of mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
kennings
tærir miskunnar‘the giver of mercy ’
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the giver of mercy → APOSTLE
tærir ‘the giver’
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tærir (noun m.): [giver]
kennings
tærir miskunnar‘the giver of mercy ’
= APOSTLE
the giver of mercy → APOSTLE
mustari ‘the temple’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
sá ‘he saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
næsta* ‘a severely’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
[3] næsta*: næstan 621
notes
[3] næsta* ‘severely’: Ms. ‘næstan’. See Blöndal: næsta.
meiddan ‘maimed’
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meiða (verb): maim, wound
fjár ‘for money’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
sier ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
beiddi ‘asked’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
Penning ‘coin’
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penningr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): [penny, coin]
ág ‘I have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
auðs ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðsýtir (noun m.)
kennings
auðsýtir,‘wealth-yearner, ’
= POOR MAN
wealth-yearner, → POOR MAN
ýtir ‘yearner’
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ýtir (noun m.): giver < auðsýtir (noun m.)
kennings
auðsýtir,‘wealth-yearner, ’
= POOR MAN
wealth-yearner, → POOR MAN
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
býta ‘to give’
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býta (verb; °-tt-): [to give]
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[7] vertu ... hittir ‘be ... finder’: On the grounds that the l. lacks internal rhyme, Kock (NN §2885) proposes substituting sittu ‘sit’ for vertu. However, apart from the fact that that imp. would provide aðalhending rather than the expected skothending, the choice of verb is hardly felicitous in the context (cf. Acts III.6: surge et ambula ‘arise and walk’; Pétr 24/9: ris upp ok gack! ‘rise up, and walk!’). With skothending of vert- : hitt- cf. st. 12/1.
heill ‘well’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hittir ‘finder’
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hittir (noun m.): finder
kennings
jafn hittir heiðrs.‘the righteous finder of glory.’
= APOSTLE
the righteous finder of glory. → APOSTLE
notes
[7] vertu ... hittir ‘be ... finder’: On the grounds that the l. lacks internal rhyme, Kock (NN §2885) proposes substituting sittu ‘sit’ for vertu. However, apart from the fact that that imp. would provide aðalhending rather than the expected skothending, the choice of verb is hardly felicitous in the context (cf. Acts III.6: surge et ambula ‘arise and walk’; Pétr 24/9: ris upp ok gack! ‘rise up, and walk!’). With skothending of vert- : hitt- cf. st. 12/1.
heiðrs ‘of glory’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs
[8] heiðrs: heiðrir 621
kennings
jafn hittir heiðrs.‘the righteous finder of glory.’
= APOSTLE
the righteous finder of glory. → APOSTLE
jafn ‘the righteous’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just
kennings
jafn hittir heiðrs.‘the righteous finder of glory.’
= APOSTLE
the righteous finder of glory. → APOSTLE
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
nafni ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
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Cf. Pétr 24/1-9: Á nauckurum degi bar sva til, at þeir Petrus ok Johannes gengu til musteris at noni dags ... Sa þeir við þat musterisport, er Aurea er kallat ... einn halltan mann, þann sem glosa segir meirr lama verit hafa; hann sat ok bað olmosu af þeim sem inn gengu i musterit. Petrus mællti þa við hann: ‘Lit þu ꜳ, at ver ho᷎fum ecki fe við ho᷎nd þer at veita, en þat sem ek hefi til, gef ek þer. I nafni Jesu Nazareni ris upp ok gack!’ ‘On a certain day it so happened that Peter and John went to the temple at the ninth hour of the day ... Beside that gate of the temple which is called Golden they saw ... a certain lame man, whom the Gloss says rather was paralysed. He sat and asked alms of those who went into the temple. Peter then said to him: “Observe that we have no money to hand to give you, but that which I have, I give to you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”’; [Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, Historia actuum apostolorum, ch. 17, col. 1655; cf. Acts III.1-6.
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