Anon Hsv 92VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 92’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 415-16.
Höfugt ‘a difficult’
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hǫfugr (adj.; °acc. hǫfgan, compar. hǫfgari): heavy, difficult
erfiði ‘problem’
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erfiði (noun n.; °-s): hardship
ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þér ‘your’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
höndum ‘way’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
kemr ‘comes’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
glað ‘a cheerfully’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad < glaðmæltr (adj.): [glad-spoken]
mæltr ‘speaking’
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-mæltr (adj.): [speaking, spoken] < glaðmæltr (adj.): [glad-spoken]
gumi ‘man’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
fagnandi ‘a joyful’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
neytir ‘manages’
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neyta (verb): use, enjoy
flest ‘most things’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vinna ‘achieve’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
lost ‘of love’
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lost (noun n.): [love] < lostverk (noun n.)
verk ‘labours’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed < lostverk (noun n.)
létt ‘easy’
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léttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): easy, light
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 6) Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, / ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem ‘Intersperse your cares now and again with joy, that you may be able to bear in your mind any kind of hardship’.
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