Anon Hsv 120VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 120’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 432.
Trúnaðar ‘for a confidant’
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trúnaðr (noun m.): [for a confidant] < trúnaðarmaðr (noun m.)
manns ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < trúnaðarmaðr (noun m.)
leita ‘Look’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
[2] leita þú trúliga: leita at ef þér tryggs vilir 624
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] leita þú trúliga: leita at ef þér tryggs vilir 624
vilir ‘’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
tryggs ‘’
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tryggr (adj.; °tryggan/tryggvan; compar. -ari/-vari; superl. -jastr/-astr): loyal
þér ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ef ‘’
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3. ef (conj.): if
trúliga ‘faithfully’
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trúliga (adv.): faithfully
[2] leita þú trúliga: leita at ef þér tryggs vilir 624
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
góðan ‘a good’
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góðr (adj.): good
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
geta ‘to get’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
at ‘on the basis of’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
farsælu ‘’
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1. farsæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): luck
fé ‘wealth’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money < fésæla (noun f.)
[4] fésælu: farsælu nógri kjósa 624
kjósa ‘’
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kjósa (verb): choose
nógri ‘’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
sælu ‘’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss < fésæla (noun f.)
[4] fésælu: farsælu nógri kjósa 624
áttu ‘’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
trúa ‘a confidant’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in) < fulltrúi (noun m.): confidant
heldr ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
at ‘according to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sönnum ‘sound’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
siðum ‘morals’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 15) Cum tibi vel socium vel fidum quaeris amicum, / non tibi fortuna est hominis sed vita petenda ‘If you are looking for an associate or a faithful friend, it is for you to look not at the fortune but the life of the man’. This st. is included between sts 100 and 103 in 1199ˣ and 723aˣ (translating Dist. III, 15 and 18), but is included here in accordance with the order in 624 and the Lat. original. The text of 624 differs somewhat:
Trúnaðarmanns at leita ef þér tryggs vilir
ok góðan vin geta,
at farsælu nógri kjósa áttu eigi þér fulltrúa
heldr at sönnum siðum.
Ef vilir at leita þér tryggs trúnaðarmanns ok geta góðan vin, áttu eigi kjósa þér fulltrúa at farsælu nógri heldr at sönnum siðum ‘If you want to look for a trustworthy confidant and to get a good friend, you must not choose for yourself a true friend according to great prosperity but rather according to sound morals’. Skj B omits at (l. 1) and compresses kjósa áttu eigi to kjósat (l. 5).
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