Anon Hsv 11VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 367.
Oddi ‘with point’
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oddr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): point of weapon
eggju ‘edge’
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1. egg (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-): edge, blade
[1] ok eggju: ‘[...]iu’ 696XV
ver ‘Defend’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
óðal ‘native’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property < óðaljǫrð (noun f.)
[2] óðaljörð: ‘odo[...]’ 696XV
jörð ‘land’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth < óðaljǫrð (noun f.)
[2] óðaljörð: ‘odo[...]’ 696XV
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
auð ‘’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðtryggr (adj.): °quick to believe (in sby), credulous
[3] auðtryggr ver: so 624, á tryggðar veg 1199ˣ, ‘[...] ud tryggur uert’ 696XV
tryggðar ‘’
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tryggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): security, oath
tryggr ‘credulous’
[3] auðtryggr ver: so 624, á tryggðar veg 1199ˣ, ‘[...] ud tryggur uert’ 696XV
veg ‘’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
ver ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] auðtryggr ver: so 624, á tryggðar veg 1199ˣ, ‘[...] ud tryggur uert’ 696XV
fyrir ‘about’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
orðum ‘’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
eiðum ‘oaths’
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eið (noun n.; °-s; -): ?oath/headland
[4] ok eiðum: ‘[...]d[...]’ 696XV, ok orðum 624
hyggðu ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[6] ok halt við fyrða heit: ‘[...]it víd fyrda’ 696XV, haltu þín heit við fira 624
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[6] ok halt heit við fyrða ‘and keep promises to people’: Most eds adopt 624’s haltu þín heit við fira, which has the same sense.
þín ‘’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
halt ‘keep’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
[6] ok halt við fyrða heit: ‘[...]it víd fyrda’ 696XV, haltu þín heit við fira 624
notes
[6] ok halt heit við fyrða ‘and keep promises to people’: Most eds adopt 624’s haltu þín heit við fira, which has the same sense.
við ‘to’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[6] ok halt við fyrða heit: ‘[...]it víd fyrda’ 696XV, haltu þín heit við fira 624
notes
[6] ok halt heit við fyrða ‘and keep promises to people’: Most eds adopt 624’s haltu þín heit við fira, which has the same sense.
fyrða ‘people’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
[6] ok halt við fyrða heit: ‘[...]it víd fyrda’ 696XV, haltu þín heit við fira 624
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[6] ok halt heit við fyrða ‘and keep promises to people’: Most eds adopt 624’s haltu þín heit við fira, which has the same sense.
fira ‘’
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firar (noun m.): men
heit ‘promises’
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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise
[6] ok halt við fyrða heit: ‘[...]it víd fyrda’ 696XV, haltu þín heit við fira 624
notes
[6] ok halt heit við fyrða ‘and keep promises to people’: Most eds adopt 624’s haltu þín heit við fira, which has the same sense.
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Lat. parallels: (sent. 21) iusiurandum serva ‘keep your oath’; (sent. 23) pugna pro patria ‘fight for your native land’; (sent. 24) nihil temere credideris ‘believe nothing without consideration’. In 624, the order of the two halves is reversed.
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