Anon Hsv 118VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 118’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 430-1.
Upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up < upptekinn (adj./verb p.p.)
tekna ‘started’
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-tekinn (adj.): [started] < upptekinn (adj./verb p.p.)
sýslu ‘a job’
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1. sýsla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): work, job
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
orka ‘manage’
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2. orka (verb): manage, achieve
[3] orka mátt einsamall: einn saman orka mátt 720a IV, eigi orkat getr 723aˣ
saman ‘’
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saman (adv.): together
mátt ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
[3] orka mátt einsamall: einn saman orka mátt 720a IV, eigi orkat getr 723aˣ
ein ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone < einsamall (adj.): °alone, in solitude, (all) on one’s own
[3] orka mátt einsamall: einn saman orka mátt 720a IV, eigi orkat getr 723aˣ
getr ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
samall ‘’
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-samall (adj.) < einsamall (adj.): °alone, in solitude, (all) on one’s own
[3] orka mátt einsamall: einn saman orka mátt 720a IV, eigi orkat getr 723aˣ
tryggvan ‘a loyal’
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tryggr (adj.; °tryggan/tryggvan; compar. -ari/-vari; superl. -jastr/-astr): loyal
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ténaðar ‘for help’
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tœnaðr (noun m.): assistance, help
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
notes
[6]: This l. is very similar to st. 113/6.
munu ‘’
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munu (verb): will, must
kveða ‘they say’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
[6] kveða: munu 723aˣ
notes
[6]: This l. is very similar to st. 113/6.
dyggva ‘reliable people’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
[6] dyggva: dyggvir 723aˣ
notes
[6]: This l. is very similar to st. 113/6.
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
[6] duga: so 720a IV, 723aˣ [einn sam] dugaz 1199ˣ
notes
[6]: This l. is very similar to st. 113/6.
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 13) Auxilium a notis petito si forte labores; / nec quisquam melior medicus quam fidus amicus ‘Ask for aid from your associates when you are having difficulties; no one is a better doctor than a faithful friend’. — [1-3]: Line 2 is too short. Skj B and Skald have an alternative, metrically sound w.o. deriving from Hallgrímur Scheving’s text: Upp tekna sýslu | ef þú eigi mátt | orka einn saman.
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