Anon Hsv 121VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 121’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 432-3.
Al ‘general’
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al- ((prefix)): very < almennr (adj.): [all men]
manna ‘’
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-mennr (adj.): -manned < almennr (adj.): [all men]
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
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
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heita ‘be called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
góðr ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
með ‘among’
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með (prep.): with
gumnum ‘’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
notes
[3] gum*um ‘men’: Emended from ms. ‘gumnum’ for metrical purposes. Cf. Note to st. 59/3.
annars ‘in another’s’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[4] annars ógæfu: ógiptu annars 624
ó ‘mis’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ógæfa (noun f.): bad luck, misfortuneó- ((prefix)): un- < ógifta (noun f.)
[4] annars ógæfu: ógiptu annars 624
giptu ‘’
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1. gifta (noun f.): grace, fortune < ógifta (noun f.)
gæfu ‘fortune’
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gæfa (noun f.): luck, fortune < ógæfa (noun f.): bad luck, misfortune
[4] annars ógæfu: ógiptu annars 624
fagna ‘rejoice’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
aldrigi ‘never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
ger ‘’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
sé ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] sé þín æ: æ sé þin 723aˣ, ger þér 624
þín ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[6] sé þín æ: æ sé þin 723aˣ, ger þér 624
at ‘as’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
góðu ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
gaman ‘’
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gaman (noun n.): joy, pleasure
getit ‘mentioned’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[6] getit: gaman 624
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 17) Si famam servare cupis, dum vivis, honestam, / fac fugias animo, quae sunt mala gaudia vitae ‘If you want to keep a good reputation while you are alive, make sure to avoid in mind those things which are evil joys of life’.
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