Anon Hsv 21VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 21’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 373.
ýta ‘men’s’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
liði ‘’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
hyggr ‘consider’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vandliga ‘’
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vandliga (adv.): carefully
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
[2] öllu saman: allra saman 696XV, vandliga 624
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] þeira siðu: þeira siðu grant 723aˣ, ‘siðu þeir[...]’ 696XV
grant ‘’
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grannr (adj.; °compar. -ari): slender
siðu ‘customs’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
[3] þeira siðu: þeira siðu grant 723aˣ, ‘siðu þeir[...]’ 696XV
þat ‘that’
[4] þat þú: ‘[...]’ 696XV
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ef ‘’
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3. ef (conj.): if
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[5] er: so 696XV, ef 1199ˣ, ef þú 720a IV, þá 723aˣ, þat þú 401ˣ, er þú 624
fyrða ‘’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
fira ‘people’
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firar (noun m.): men
[5] fira: so 624, fyrða 1199ˣ, 720a IV, 723aˣ, 696XV, om. 401ˣ
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
fár ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[6] fár er: at fáir er 723aˣ, 696XV, at fáir eru 401ˣ, er færri 624
færri ‘’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
er ‘’
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] fár er: at fáir er 723aˣ, 696XV, at fáir eru 401ˣ, er færri 624
vámi ‘’
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vámr (noun m.): [loathsome fellow]
varr ‘free’
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2. varr (adj.): wary
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 5) Si vitam inspicias hominum, si denique mores, / cum culpant alios: nemo sine crimine vivit ‘If you look at the life of those men (and their ways of life) who find fault with others, [you will find that] nobody lives without fault’.
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