Anon Hsv 111VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 111’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 426.
Gá ‘care’
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1. gá (noun f.): [care] < gálauss (adj.): careless
lauss ‘less’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < gálauss (adj.): careless
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
vill ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
gott ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
vinna ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
kann ‘can’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
víti ‘punishment’
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víti (noun n.; °-s; -): punishment
[3] við víti: víti at 723aˣ, við vítum 624
varaz ‘guard’
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5. vara (verb): expect
ó ‘bad’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ógæfa (noun f.): bad luck, misfortune
gæfu ‘luck’
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gæfa (noun f.): luck, fortune < ógæfa (noun f.): bad luck, misfortune
vinni ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[4] sinni: vinni 723aˣ
veldr ‘causes’
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valda (verb): cause
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
eirn ‘’
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eirinn (adj.): °peaceful, mild
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[5] einn: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, 624, eirn 1199ˣ
saman ‘’
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saman (adv.): together
engum ‘nobody’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ilt ‘to something bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
skapat ‘destined’
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2. skapa (verb): form
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 3) Cum sis incautus nec rem ratione gubernes, / noli fortunam, quae non est, dicere caecam ‘If you are careless and do not steer your affairs with reason, do not say that fortune is blind, which she is not’.
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