Anon Hsv 29VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 29’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 378.
Öðrum ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
heita ‘promise’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[2] skaltu eigi því: skaltu öngum því 696XV, þú skalt eigi gjöf þeiri 624
öngum ‘’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[2] skaltu eigi því: skaltu öngum því 696XV, þú skalt eigi gjöf þeiri 624
gjöf ‘’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift
því ‘’
[2] skaltu eigi því: skaltu öngum því 696XV, þú skalt eigi gjöf þeiri 624
er ‘what’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[3] er undir: ‘sem [...]’ 696XV, er þú at 624
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
öðrum ‘to somebody else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[3] öðrum átt: ‘[...]’ 696XV
átt ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[3] öðrum átt: ‘[...]’ 696XV
símálugs ‘’
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símálugr (adj.): [a long-winded man]
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
orð ‘’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
þykkir ‘’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
tælir ‘trick’
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tæla (verb): entice
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
snotrum ‘’
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snotr (adj.): wise
sá ‘that one’
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
er ‘whom’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
hól ‘’
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hól (noun n.; °-s): praise, boasting
trúat ‘trusted’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
hefir ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
vindi ‘’
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3. vindr (adj.)
brigð ‘fickle’
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1. brigð (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): [fickle]
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
líkt ‘’
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líkr (adj.): like
beggja ‘of both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
notes
[6] heit beggja ‘the promises of both’: It is possible beggja refers to the two parties in ll. 1-3, but it is by no means clear. Finnur (Skj B) emends to bragna orð ‘men’s word(s)’.
vera ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
heit ‘the promises’
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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise
[4-6] símálugs orð þykkir snotrum hól vindi líkt vera 624
notes
[6] heit beggja ‘the promises of both’: It is possible beggja refers to the two parties in ll. 1-3, but it is by no means clear. Finnur (Skj B) emends to bragna orð ‘men’s word(s)’.
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 13) Spem tibi promissi certam promittere noli: / rara fides ideo est, quia multi multa locuntur ‘Do not hold out certain hope of something promised to you; surety is rare, because many say many things’. The first 3 ll. are parallelled in Hsv 41. The text of 624 is closer to the Lat. — [4-6]: The reading in 624 differs considerably: símálugs orð | þykkir snotrum hól | vindi líkt vera, which requires emendation of hól ‘praise, flattery’ to hal ‘man’, thus: ‘to a wise man the words of a long-winded man seem like the wind’.
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