Anon Pét 6VII
David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 8001.
Brott ‘away’
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2. burt (adv.): away
ryði ‘clear’
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2. ryðja (verb): to clear (free) land
þyrni ‘thorn-bush’
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þyrn (noun f.): thorn-bush
þiettum ‘the dense’
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þéttr (adj.): dense, watertight
þjósts ‘of rage’
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þjóstr (noun m.; °dat. -i): rage, anger, rancour
sár ‘sorely’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded < sármeiddr (adj.)
meiddu ‘injured’
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meiða (verb): maim, wound < sármeiddr (adj.)
brjósti ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
mær ‘maid’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
dýrust ‘most precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
notes
[4] Máría ‘Mary’: Kock (NN §3372) argues that the name must be bisyllabic and that the preposition ór has been omitted before váru (cf. Skald: sármeiddu brjósti ... úr váru). He compares Kolb Lv 9/4-8IV: ryð þú ... hǫlds hverri sorg ór hjarta borg ‘eradicate ... every sorrow from the stronghold of the heart [BREAST]’.
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
váru ‘from our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
Önd ‘the soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
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[5] með hendi hjálpar ‘with the hand of help’: Cf. Stjórn (Unger 1862, 252/15) medr hialparhendi.
hjálpar ‘of help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
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[5] með hendi hjálpar ‘with the hand of help’: Cf. Stjórn (Unger 1862, 252/15) medr hialparhendi.
hendi ‘the hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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[5] með hendi hjálpar ‘with the hand of help’: Cf. Stjórn (Unger 1862, 252/15) medr hialparhendi.
heilagr ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
kennings
Heilagr stjörnudeilir‘the holy star-ruler ’
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the holy star-ruler → God
stjörnu ‘star’
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stjarna (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): star < stjǫrnudeilir (noun m.)
kennings
Heilagr stjörnudeilir‘the holy star-ruler ’
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the holy star-ruler → God
notes
[6] stjörnudeilir ‘star-ruler’: Cf. EGils Guðv 3/7IV stjǫrnu stillir ‘controller of the star’; Meissner, 376.
deilir ‘ruler’
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deilir (noun m.): ruler, ordainer < stjǫrnudeilir (noun m.)
kennings
Heilagr stjörnudeilir‘the holy star-ruler ’
= God
the holy star-ruler → God
notes
[6] stjörnudeilir ‘star-ruler’: Cf. EGils Guðv 3/7IV stjǫrnu stillir ‘controller of the star’; Meissner, 376.
seði ‘satisfy’
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seðja (verb): satisfy, satiate
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sæmdum ‘with celebrated’
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sœma (verb): honour
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[7] sæmdum ‘celebrated’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends to sæmdar to produce a genitival compound with verkum l. 8 (= herligheds gærninger ‘deeds of glory’). As Kock points out (NN §1714), the emendation is unnecessary, since ms. sæmdum makes good sense as a p.p. dat. pl. of sæma ‘to honour, celebrate’, in agreement with verkum. The ‘celebrated deeds’ are the deeds of Peter, which will be celebrated in the poem.
greiði ‘deliver’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
sið ‘the faith’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals < siðsterkr (adj.)
sterkan ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong < siðsterkr (adj.)
brag ‘poem’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
verkum ‘deeds’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
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