Anon Hsv 119VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 119’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 431.
Blót ‘sacrifices’
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blót (noun n.; °-s; -): sacrifice
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fórnir ‘offerings’
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fórn (noun f.): offering, sacrifice
þarf ‘necessary’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
til ‘as’
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til (prep.): to
batnaðar ‘atonement’
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batnaðr (noun m.): atonement, improvement
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
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[3]: The l. is unmetrical in all mss.
afgerðir ‘transgressions’
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afgerð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): crime, sin
[3] afgerðir ýta: ýta afgerðir 720a IV, 723aˣ
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[3]: The l. is unmetrical in all mss.
notes
[3]: The l. is unmetrical in all mss.
heimskr ‘foolish’
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heimskr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): foolish
[4] heimskr er sá: sá er ofheimskr 723aˣ
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] heimskr er sá: sá er ofheimskr 723aˣ
ofheimskr ‘’
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ofheimskr (adj.)
sá ‘he’
[4] heimskr er sá: sá er ofheimskr 723aˣ
ætlar ‘thinks’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
sér ‘for him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[5] sér til: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ
sálubótar ‘’
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sálubót (noun f.)
hjálpar ‘a help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
[5] hjálpar: sálubótar 720a IV, ‘[...]älu böt’ 723aˣ
þótt ‘when’
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þó (adv.): though
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sæfi ‘sacrifices’
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sœfa (verb): die, kill
smala ‘livestock’
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smali (noun m.; °-a): [livestock]
þvít ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
eins ‘the one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[7] eins: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, om. 1199ˣ
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
elska ‘love’
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2. elska (verb; °-að-): love
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
al ‘very’
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al- ((prefix)): very < aldyggr (adj.): very excellent
dyggvir ‘trustworthy’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy < aldyggr (adj.): very excellent
siðir ‘morals’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
[8, 9] siðir bæta um: ‘[...]ta[...]’ 723aˣ
bæta ‘compensate’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
[8, 9] siðir bæta um: ‘[...]ta[...]’ 723aˣ
gervan ‘performed’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
grun ‘’
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grunr (noun m.): suspicion, deceit
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 14) Cum sis ipse nocens, moritur cur victima pro te? / stultitia est morte alterius sperare salutem ‘When you yourself are a killer, why should the victim die for you? It is foolishness to hope for salvation from the death of another’. — [7-9]: The extra 3 ll. have perhaps been added from a lost st. or from a commentary in a schoolbook. It is also possible that the redactor’s intention was to give the st. a more Christian touch, since the first six ll. deal with heathen sacrifices. The reading eins ‘the one’ in l. 7 is added from 720 a IV, 723aˣ to make the l. metrical.
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