Anon Hsv 113VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 113’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 427-8.
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
gera ‘do’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] sem þér: er þér 720a IV, þér 723aˣ, er 624
gegnir ‘suits’
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gegna (verb): encounter, mean
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
villu ‘error’
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1. villa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): error
[3] við villu varaz: varaz villu mest 723aˣ
mest ‘’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
mildr ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
þurftum ‘necessary’
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þurft (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): need
skalt ‘’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
mörgum ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
hlutum ‘things’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
gott ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
kveða ‘’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] er: so 723aˣ, 624, kveða 1199ˣ, kveð 720a IV
dyggum ‘the trustworthy’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 7) Res age quae prosunt, rursus vitare memento, / in quis error inest nec spes est certa laboris ‘Do things which are useful, but on the other hand remember to avoid those in which there is fault and no sure hope of work’; (Dist. IV, 8) Quod donare potes gratis, ne vende roganti, / nam recte fecisse bonis, in parte lucrorum est ‘What you can give for nothing, do not sell to the asker; for to have done right with goods is to be considered as gain’.
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