Anon Hsv 128VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 128’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 436-7.
Illa ‘disapproval’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
láta ‘express’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
yfir ‘about’
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yfir (prep.): over
engum ‘nothing’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
hlut ‘’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
áðr ‘’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
hælt ‘boasted about’
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hœla (verb): boast
hefir ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
vel ‘’
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vel (adv.): well, very
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
þat ‘’
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
leyfug ‘’
lasta ‘deride’
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lasta (verb): blame, deride
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
sem ‘what’
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sem (conj.): as, which
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
lastat ‘’
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lasta (verb): blame, deride
lofat ‘praised’
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lofa (verb): praise, permit
[4, 5] né þat lasta sem þú lofat: vel þat leyfug, er þú lastat 624
hefir ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ilt ‘bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
veil ‘’
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veil (noun n.) < veillyndr (adj.)
vá ‘fickle’
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1. vá (noun f.; °vár): woe, harm < vályndr (adj.): [hostile]
[6] vályndum: veillyndum 624
lyndum ‘minded’
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lyndr (adj.; °superl. -astr): minded < vályndr (adj.): [hostile]lyndr (adj.; °superl. -astr): minded < veillyndr (adj.)
[6] vályndum: veillyndum 624
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 25) Laudaris quodcumque palam, quodcumque probaris, / hoc vide ne rursus levitatis crimine damnes ‘Praise openly whatever you have tested out; live so that you are not then accused of the crime of flightiness’.
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