Anon Hsv 127VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 127’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 436.
hyggenda ‘’
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hyggendi (noun f.; °-/-ar(BarlReyk 107²)): wisdom
Hyggindi ‘wisdom’
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hyggendi (noun f.; °-/-ar(BarlReyk 107²)): wisdom
[1] Hyggindi: so 723aˣ, 624, hyggenda 1199ˣ
at ‘to’
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4. at (conj.): that
haldi ‘be a support’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
þér ‘for you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vinum ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
enga ‘’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
sýslu ‘job’
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1. sýsla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): work, job
fær ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
máttu ‘you can’
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mega (verb): may, might
[5] máttu eigi hafa: fær maðr aldri 723aˣ, máttu þér æðri geta 624
maðr ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[5] máttu eigi hafa: fær maðr aldri 723aˣ, máttu þér æðri geta 624
geta ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
æðri ‘’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
aldri ‘’
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aldri (adv.): never
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
[5] máttu eigi hafa: fær maðr aldri 723aˣ, máttu þér æðri geta 624
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
kenna ‘to teach’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
gott ‘’
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góðr (adj.): good
nýtt ‘something useful’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
[6] nýtt: so 723aˣ, 624, gott 1199ˣ
notes
[6] nýtt ‘(something) useful’: 1199ˣ’s reading gott ‘(something) good’ does not provide alliteration, although it is closer to the Lat. text.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
nema ‘learn’
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1. nema (verb): to take
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 23) Disce sed a doctis, indoctos ipse doceto: / propaganda etenim est rerum doctrina bonarum ‘Learn, but from the learned; teach the unlearned yourself; for the knowledge of good things should be spread abroad’. (Dist. IV, 27) Discere ne cessa, cura sapientia crescat: / rara datur longo prudentia temporis usu ‘Do not cease learning; taking pains increases wisdom; rarely is a long space of time given to prudence’.
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