Anon Hsv 125VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 125’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 435.
Íþróttum ‘accomplishments’
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íþrótt (noun f.): skill, accomplishment
safna ‘acquire’
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safna (verb): gather
skalt ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
vegu ‘ways’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[2] vegu: vega 723aˣ
dreng ‘to a good’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
manni ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
dugir ‘are useful’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
duga ‘’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
notes
[4] tjá ‘serve’: 1199ˣ’s reading, duga ‘help’, does not supply the required alliteration.
þótt ‘even if’
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þó (adv.): though
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
týnt ‘lost’
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týna (verb): lose, destroy
hafir ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
afli ‘strength’
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2. afl (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
öllu ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
fé ‘money’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 19): Disce aliquid, nam, cum subito fortuna recessit, / ars remanet vitamque hominis non deserit umquam ‘Learn something; for when fortune suddenly leaves, skill remains and never leaves the life of a man’.
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