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Anon Hsv 112VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 112’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 427.

Anonymous PoemsHugsvinnsmál
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Líkama ‘body’

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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body

[1] Líkama: líkam 720a IV, 723aˣ

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ræki ‘should look after’

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rœkja (verb): care, look after

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hverr ‘Every’

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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

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heilsa ‘health’

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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health

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hölðum ‘to men’

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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man

[3] hölðum: hverju 720a IV, 723aˣ

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njóta ‘enjoy’

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njóta (verb): enjoy, use

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þykkiz ‘thinks to’

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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think

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enginn ‘’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

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engi ‘no’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[5] engi: enginn 723aˣ

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maðr ‘body’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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nema ‘unless’

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2. nema (conj.): unless

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heilsu ‘healthy’

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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health

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hafi ‘is’

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hafa (verb): have

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 5) Cum fueris locuples, corpus curare memento: / aeger dives habet nummos, se non habet ipsum ‘When you become rich, remember to take care of your body; a sick rich man has wealth, but he does not have himself’. The contrast between wealth and health is also mentioned in Sól 8.

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