Anon Hsv 107VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 107’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 424.
Bana ‘death’
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bana (verb; °-að-): kill
sinn ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
hræðaz ‘fear’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
bragna ‘man’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
lið ‘’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
því ‘because’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
t ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
hann ‘it’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
endir ‘the end’
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endir (noun m.): [end]
ills ‘of evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
góðum ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
grand ‘of sin’
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grand (noun n.): injury
varaz ‘are wary’
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5. vara (verb): expect
dauði ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
dugir ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 22) Fac tibi proponas mortem non esse timendam, / quae bona si non est, finis tamen illa malorum est ‘Make sure to declare to yourself that death is not to be feared; for even if it is not good, it is the end of evils’.
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