Anon Pét 54VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 54’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 844.
Énéas ‘Eneas’
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Eneas (noun m.): Eneas
lofi ‘with praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
launar ‘pays’
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launa (verb): reward
lasta ‘of sins’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice
kennings
brjót lasta‘the breaker of sins ’
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the breaker of sins → APOSTLE
notes
[2] brjót lasta ‘the breaker of sins’: Cf. Arngr Gd 16/4IV meinabrjótr ‘the breaker of harms’; Lil 47/8 synda brjót ‘the breaker of sins [= God (= Christ)]’.
brjót ‘the breaker’
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brjótr (noun m.): breaker
kennings
brjót lasta‘the breaker of sins ’
= APOSTLE
the breaker of sins → APOSTLE
notes
[2] brjót lasta ‘the breaker of sins’: Cf. Arngr Gd 16/4IV meinabrjótr ‘the breaker of harms’; Lil 47/8 synda brjót ‘the breaker of sins [= God (= Christ)]’.
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
móti ‘return’
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móti (prep.): against
reistr ‘raised’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
kör ‘his sickbed’
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1. kǫr (noun f.): [his sickbed]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Kristum ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
kátr ‘joyful’
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kátr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
trúliga ‘faithfully’
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trúliga (adv.): faithfully
játar ‘acknowledges’
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1. játa (verb): agree
Gladdiz ‘rejoiced’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
lýðr ‘The people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
Lidda ‘Lydda’
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Lidda (noun f.): [Lydda]
leystr ‘freed’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
villu ‘error’
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1. villa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): error
geystri ‘headlong’
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geystr (adj.): violent
Pétro ‘to Peter’
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Pétr (noun m.): Peter
virðing ‘honour’
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virðing (noun f.; °-ar): honour
veitir ‘pays’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
víð ‘spacious’
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víðr (adj.): far
borg ‘city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
síðan ‘thereafter’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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Cf. Acts IX.32-5; Pétr 40/2-9; [Pseudo-] Peter Comestor, Historia actuum apostolorum, ch. 45, col. 1674A-D.
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