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Anon Hsv 45^VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 388-9.

Anonymous Poems Hugsvinnsmál

Ljót ‘ugly’

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ljótr (adj.): ugly < ljótligr (adj.)

lig ‘’

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-ligr (adj.): -ly < ljótligr (adj.)

verk ‘’

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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed

vömm ‘faults’

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vamm (noun n.; °-s; *-): blemish

[1] vömm: verk 624

ef ‘If’

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3. ef (conj.): if

þú ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

lasta ‘censure’

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lasta (verb): blame, deride

[2] lasta vilt: ‘[...]asta vill’ 401ˣ

vilt ‘want’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

[2] lasta vilt: ‘[...]asta vill’ 401ˣ

drýgðu ‘commit’

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drýgja (verb; °-gð-): cause, practise

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

sjálfr ‘yourself’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

in ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[3] in sömu: it sama 723aˣ, 401ˣ, om. 624

sömu ‘same’

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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same

[3] in sömu: it sama 723aˣ, 401ˣ, om. 624

annan ‘another’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

[4] annan: því 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

lýta ‘’

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lýta (verb): bow down

samir ‘beseem’

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2. sama (verb): befit

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

þér ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

vel ‘’

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vel (adv.): well, very

lasta ‘blame’

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lasta (verb): blame, deride

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

þú ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

veiz ‘’

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1. vita (verb): know

ert ‘are’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

[6] ert syndauðigr sjálfr: veiz þik syndugan sjálfan 624

synd ‘sin’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin < synðauðigr (adj.)

[6] ert syndauðigr sjálfr: veiz þik syndugan sjálfan 624

auðigr ‘ful’

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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy < synðauðigr (adj.)

[6] ert syndauðigr sjálfr: veiz þik syndugan sjálfan 624

sjálfr ‘yourself’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

[6] ert syndauðigr sjálfr: veiz þik syndugan sjálfan 624

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 30) Quae culpare soles, ea tu ne feceris ipse: / turpe est doctori, cum culpa redarguat ipsum ‘Those things you are accustomed to blame do not do yourself; it is bad for a teacher when his fault refutes himself’. The same topic is dealt with in Sól 15.

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