Anon Hsv 116VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 116’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 429-30.
Of ‘too much’
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of- ((prefix)): too much < ofdrykkja (noun f.): too much drinking
drykkju ‘drinking’
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1. drykkja (noun f.; °-ju/-u; -ur): drinking < ofdrykkja (noun f.): too much drinking
forðaz ‘Avoid’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
notes
[2] * hon drýgir erfiði ‘* it causes hardship’: The reading in 1199ˣ, en drýg erfiði ‘but suffer hardship’ does not produce good sense. The reading here is that of 720a IV and 723aˣ, and is adopted in Skj B. Both 720a IV and 723aˣ begin with því here, but adopting their reading would require emendation to því að ‘because...’.
hon ‘it’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] hon: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, om. 1199ˣ, 624
notes
[2] * hon drýgir erfiði ‘* it causes hardship’: The reading in 1199ˣ, en drýg erfiði ‘but suffer hardship’ does not produce good sense. The reading here is that of 720a IV and 723aˣ, and is adopted in Skj B. Both 720a IV and 723aˣ begin with því here, but adopting their reading would require emendation to því að ‘because...’.
drýgir ‘causes’
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drýgja (verb; °-gð-): cause, practise
[2] drýgir erfiði: so 720a IV, drýg erfiði 1199ˣ, 624, erfiði drýgir 723aˣ
notes
[2] * hon drýgir erfiði ‘* it causes hardship’: The reading in 1199ˣ, en drýg erfiði ‘but suffer hardship’ does not produce good sense. The reading here is that of 720a IV and 723aˣ, and is adopted in Skj B. Both 720a IV and 723aˣ begin with því here, but adopting their reading would require emendation to því að ‘because...’.
erfiði ‘hardship’
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erfiði (noun n.; °-s): hardship
[2] drýgir erfiði: so 720a IV, drýg erfiði 1199ˣ, 624, erfiði drýgir 723aˣ
notes
[2] * hon drýgir erfiði ‘* it causes hardship’: The reading in 1199ˣ, en drýg erfiði ‘but suffer hardship’ does not produce good sense. The reading here is that of 720a IV and 723aˣ, and is adopted in Skj B. Both 720a IV and 723aˣ begin with því here, but adopting their reading would require emendation to því að ‘because...’.
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[3] skal: skal ok 720a IV, skaltu ok 723aˣ
meinum ‘’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
vífin ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
[3] vífin: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, meinum 1199ˣ, vífni 624
varaz ‘guard’
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5. vara (verb): expect
líkams ‘of the body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
losti ‘’
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losti (noun m.; °-a): lust
lestir ‘vices’
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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin
[4] lestir: losti 624
lýða ‘man’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
hvern ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
sæl ‘a wealthy’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < sællífi (noun n.)
lífi ‘way of life’
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lífi (noun n.; °-s): life < sællífi (noun n.)
sitr ‘keeps’
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sitja (verb): sit
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 10) Cum te detineat Veneris damnosa voluptas, / indulgere gulae noli, quae ventris amica est ‘When the cursed pleasure of Venus holds you in its grasp, do not indulge in gluttony, which is a friend of the stomach’. (Dist. IV, 24) Hoc bibe, quo possis, si vis tu, vivere sanus: / morbi causa mali est homini quaecumque voluptas ‘Drink what you are able, if you wish to live healthy; the cause of bad disease to a man is most frequently some kind of pleasure’. Cf. also Hsv 133. The advice not to drink too much is also expressed in several sts of Hávm (e.g. 11, 12, 19). The advice to beware of physical desire is also mentioned in Sól 71.
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