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Anon Hsv 39^VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 384.

Anonymous Poems Hugsvinnsmál

Vinir ‘friends’

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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend

þínir ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

ef ‘’

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3. ef (conj.): if

þótt ‘Although’

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þó (adv.): though

[2] þótt: þó 723aˣ, 401ˣ, ef 624

þér ‘you’

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

[2] þér: ‘[...]’ 401ˣ

verr ‘less’

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4. verr (adv.): worse

dugi ‘may help’

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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit

[2] dugi: duga 696XV, 624

en ‘than’

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4. en (conj.): than

[3] en þú þykkiz verðr vera: en þú verðr þykkiz 723aˣ, ‘[...]r verra’ 696XV

þú ‘you’

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

[3] en þú þykkiz verðr vera: en þú verðr þykkiz 723aˣ, ‘[...]r verra’ 696XV

þykkiz ‘think’

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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think

[3] en þú þykkiz verðr vera: en þú verðr þykkiz 723aˣ, ‘[...]r verra’ 696XV

verðr ‘deserve’

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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy

[3] en þú þykkiz verðr vera: en þú verðr þykkiz 723aˣ, ‘[...]r verra’ 696XV

vera ‘’

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

[3] en þú þykkiz verðr vera: en þú verðr þykkiz 723aˣ, ‘[...]r verra’ 696XV

þess ‘of that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[4] þess meins völd: so 696XV, 401ˣ, 624, þess manns völd 1199ˣ, om. 723aˣ

manns ‘’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

meins ‘evil’

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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury

[4] þess meins völd: so 696XV, 401ˣ, 624, þess manns völd 1199ˣ, om. 723aˣ

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[4] meins ‘of evil’: Comparison with the Lat. text does not allow any conclusion as to whether the main ms. reading, manns ‘man’s’, is the original.

völd ‘for the cause’

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vald (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, power

[4] þess meins völd: so 696XV, 401ˣ, 624, þess manns völd 1199ˣ, om. 723aˣ

kenn ‘fault’

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kenna (verb): know, teach

[5] kenn þú eigi: kenn þú þat eigi 723aˣ, kenndu ekki 696XV, kenna áttu eigi 624

áttu ‘’

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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have

þú ‘’

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

[5] kenn þú eigi: kenn þú þat eigi 723aˣ, kenndu ekki 696XV, kenna áttu eigi 624

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[5] kenn þú eigi: kenn þú þat eigi 723aˣ, kenndu ekki 696XV, kenna áttu eigi 624

þínum ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

guði ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

[5] guði: om. 401ˣ

saka ‘blame’

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saka (verb): blame, be guilty

þú ‘you’

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

heldr ‘instead’

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heldr (adv.): rather

[6] heldr: om. 401ˣ, 624

sjálfan ‘self’

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sjalfr (adj.): self

þik ‘your’

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

[6] þik: ‘þi[...]’ 401ˣ

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 23) Si tibi pro meritis nemo respondet amicus, / incusare deos noli, sed te ipse coerce ‘If no friend stands up for you according to your deserts, do not accuse the gods, but restrain yourself’.

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