Anon Hsv 117VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 117’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 430.
Afl ‘strength’
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2. afl (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength
notes
[1] afl ok eljan: The alliterating phrase is also used in Rþ 44/5 (NK, 286) and Angantýr Lv 11/5VIII (Heiðr 48).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[1] afl ok eljan: The alliterating phrase is also used in Rþ 44/5 (NK, 286) and Angantýr Lv 11/5VIII (Heiðr 48).
eljan ‘energy’
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eljun (noun f.; °eljunar): energy
notes
[1] afl ok eljan: The alliterating phrase is also used in Rþ 44/5 (NK, 286) and Angantýr Lv 11/5VIII (Heiðr 48).
ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
eignaz ‘to acquire’
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eigna (verb; °-að-): acquire
hefir ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
nem ‘learn’
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1. nema (verb): to take
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hyggindi ‘wisdom’
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hyggendi (noun f.; °-/-ar(BarlReyk 107²)): wisdom
hugar ‘of mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
æ ‘’
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2. æ (adv.): always, forever
beztr ‘best’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
[4] beztr sá þykkir: æ sá beztr þykkir 720a IV, æ þykkir sá beztr 723aˣ, sá betr virðiz 624; beztr: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, ‘besti’ 1199ˣ, betr 624
sá ‘he’
[4] beztr sá þykkir: æ sá beztr þykkir 720a IV, æ þykkir sá beztr 723aˣ, sá betr virðiz 624
virðiz ‘’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
þykkir ‘appears’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[4] beztr sá þykkir: æ sá beztr þykkir 720a IV, æ þykkir sá beztr 723aˣ, sá betr virðiz 624
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
vitr ‘intelligent’
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vitr (adj.): wise
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sterkr ‘strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 12) Cum tibi praevalidae fuerint in corpore vires, / fac sapias: sic tu poteris vir fortis haberi ‘If your strength in body is great for you, see to it that you are wise; thus you will be considered a strong man’.
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