Anon Pét 53VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 53’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 843-4.
Tábíta ‘Tabitha’
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Tábíta (noun f.): [Tabitha]
frú ‘The lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
fljótan ‘a sudden’
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2. fljótr (adj.): quick
fann ‘met’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
það ‘so that’
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þat (conj.): that
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[2] það ‘so that’: Cf. Fritzner: þat 2 = at.
snauðum ‘the poor’
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snauðr (adj.): bereft, poor
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[3-4] öllum snauðum ... nam svella ‘all the poor ... did swell with sorrow’: The construction is impersonal. Cf. Acts IX.39: circumsteterunt illum omnes viduae flentes ‘all the widows stood about him weeping’; Pétr 40/20-1: Yfir þvi stoð mikill fioldi (621 fatækra manna ok) eckna, ok gretu miok ‘Over that (body) stood a great crowd (621: of poor people and) widows, and they wept greatly’.
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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[3-4] öllum snauðum ... nam svella ‘all the poor ... did swell with sorrow’: The construction is impersonal. Cf. Acts IX.39: circumsteterunt illum omnes viduae flentes ‘all the widows stood about him weeping’; Pétr 40/20-1: Yfir þvi stoð mikill fioldi (621 fatækra manna ok) eckna, ok gretu miok ‘Over that (body) stood a great crowd (621: of poor people and) widows, and they wept greatly’.
sárt ‘grievously’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
nam ‘did’
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1. nema (verb): to take
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[3-4] öllum snauðum ... nam svella ‘all the poor ... did swell with sorrow’: The construction is impersonal. Cf. Acts IX.39: circumsteterunt illum omnes viduae flentes ‘all the widows stood about him weeping’; Pétr 40/20-1: Yfir þvi stoð mikill fioldi (621 fatækra manna ok) eckna, ok gretu miok ‘Over that (body) stood a great crowd (621: of poor people and) widows, and they wept greatly’.
svella ‘swell with sorrow’
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1. svella (verb): swell
notes
[3-4] öllum snauðum ... nam svella ‘all the poor ... did swell with sorrow’: The construction is impersonal. Cf. Acts IX.39: circumsteterunt illum omnes viduae flentes ‘all the widows stood about him weeping’; Pétr 40/20-1: Yfir þvi stoð mikill fioldi (621 fatækra manna ok) eckna, ok gretu miok ‘Over that (body) stood a great crowd (621: of poor people and) widows, and they wept greatly’.
senn ‘at once’
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senn (adv.): at once
fyr ‘over’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
missi ‘loss’
Joppen ‘Joppa’
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Joppen (noun f.): [Joppa]
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
hrósar ‘exults over’
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hrósa (verb): praise
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
happi ‘the blessing’
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happ (noun n.; °-s; *-): fortune, luck
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
háleitr ‘sublime’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
að ‘which’
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4. at (conj.): that
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
veitir ‘grants’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
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[5-6] Joppen hrósar happi að háleitr guð veitir ‘Joppa exults over the blessing which sublime God grants’: Cf. Acts IX.42 notum autem factum est per universam Ioppen, et crediderunt multi in Domino ‘And it was made known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord’ ([Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, col. 1674: notum factum est miraculum ... ‘the miracle was made known ...’).
syngr ‘sings’
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syngja (verb): sing
hon ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
leingi ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
Pétrus ‘Peter’
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Pétr (noun m.): Peter
vífi ‘to the woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
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Cf. Acts IX.36-42; Pétr 40/10-1/10; [Pseudo-] Petrus Comestor, Historia actuum apostolorum, ch. 45, col. 1674.
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