Anon Hsv 110VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 110’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 425-6.
angrlauss ‘’
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angrlauss (adj.)
Aumr ‘poor’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
[1] Aumr: angrlauss 624
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
telr ‘thinks’
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telja (verb): tell, count
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
sér ‘he’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
einskis ‘nothing’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
vant ‘lacks’
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2. vanr (adj.): lacking
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
sér ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ [3] sér: hann 624
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
at ‘means of’
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at- ((prefix)): (prefix) < atvinna (noun f.): means of subsistence
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
vinnu ‘subsistence’
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1. vinna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): achievement, deed < atvinna (noun f.): means of subsistence
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
fær ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
á ‘has’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ [3] á: fær 723aˣ
notes
[2-3]: These ll. are reversed in 1199ˣ, which produces an unmetrical reading.
á ‘’
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á- ((prefix)): (prefix) < ágjarn (adj.): [aggressive]
fé ‘’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money < 1. fégjarn (adj.)
[4] inn fégjarni: so 624, ágjarn 1199ˣ, 723aˣ
gjarni ‘avaricious person’
[4] inn fégjarni: so 624, ágjarn 1199ˣ, 723aˣ
sýtir ‘complains’
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sýta (verb): lament
full ‘great’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < fullsæla (noun f.)
sælu ‘wealth’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss < fullsæla (noun f.)
hafi ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
æ ‘’
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2. æ (adv.): always, forever
válaðr ‘poverty-stricken’
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válaðr (adj.): poor, poverty-stricken
vera ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 4) Dilige denarium, sed parce dilige formam. / quam nemo sanctus nec honestus captat habere ‘Love money, but love its appearance sparingly, which no one good and honest seeks to gain’; (Dist. IV, 16) Utere quaesitis opibus, fuge nomen avari; / quid tibi divitias, si semper pauper abundas ‘Make use of riches you have gained, avoid the name of miser; what use are riches to you, if you always live like a poor man?’.
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