PETTER See also:

• PETTER DASS (1647 – 1708)

DASS (1647 – 1708)  , the " See also:

• FATHER

father " of See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian See also:

• POETRY

poetry, was the son of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Dundas, a Scottish See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee, who, leaving his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country about 163o to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape the troubles of the Presbyterian chursh, settled in See also:

• BERGEN

Bergen, and in 1646 married a Norse girl of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FAMILY

family . Petter See also:

• DASS, PETTER (1647 – 1708)

Dass was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1647 on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• NORD

Nord See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

Hero; on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . Seven years later his father died, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother placed him with his aunt, the wife of the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of another little island-See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish . In 166o he was sent to school at Bergen, in 1665 to the university of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, and in 1667 he began to See also:

• EARN

earn his daily See also:

• BREAD

bread as a private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . In 1672 he was ordained priest, and remained till 1681 as under-See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain at Nesne, a little parish near his birthplace; for eight .years more he was See also:

• RESIDENT

resident chaplain at Nesne; and at last in 1689 he received the living of Alstahoug, the most important in the north of Norway . The See also:

• RULE

rule of Alstahoug extended over all the neighbouring districts, including Dass's native island of Hero, and its privileges were accompanied by See also:

• GREAT

great perils, for it was necessary to be constantly See also:

• CROSSING

crossing stormy firths of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Dass lived here in quietude, with something of the honours and responsibilities of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, brought up his family in a See also:

• GOD

God-fearing way, and wrote endless reams of verses . In 1700 he asked leave to resign his living in favour of his son Anders Dass, but this was not permitted; .in 1704, however, Anders became his father's chaplain . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Petter went to Bergen, 'where he visited Dorothea See also:

• ENGELBRECHTSDATTER, DORTHE (1634-1716)

Engelbrechtsdatter, with whom he had been for many years in See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence . He continued to write till 1707, and died in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1708 . The materials for his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography are very numerous; he was regarded with universal curiosity and admiration in his lifetime; and, besides, he See also:

• LEFT

left a garrulous autobiography in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . A portrait, painted in See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, now in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Melhus, near See also:

• TRONDHJEM, or THRONDHJEM (sometimes written in the German form Drontheim)

Trondhjem, represents him in canonicals, with deep red See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard and See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, the latter waved and silky, and a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of massive proportions .

The See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face is full of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire and vigour . His writings passed in MS. from See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to hand, and few of them were printed in his lifetime . Nordlands Trompet (The See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

Trumpet of Nordland), his greatest and most famous poem, was not published till 1739; Den norska See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

Dale-Vise (The Norwegian See also:

• SONG

Song of the Valley) appeared in 1696; the Aandelig Tidsfordriv (Spiritual Pastime), a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of sacred poetry, was published in 1711 . The Trumpet of Nordland remains as fresh as ever in the memories of the inhabitants of the north of Norway; boatmen, peasants, priests will alike repeat See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long extracts from it at the slightest See also:

• NOTICE

notice, and its popularity is unbounded . It is a rhyming description of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Nordland, its natural features, its trades, its advantages and its drawbacks, given in dancing verse of the most breathless See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and full of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, wit and See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint learning . The other poems of Petter Dass are less universally read; they abound, however, in queer turns of thought, and See also:

• FINE

fine homely fancies . The collected writings of Dass were edited (3 vols., See also:

• CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania, 1873-1877) by Dr A . E . Eriksen .