Anon Hsv 124VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 124’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 434-5.
Málum ‘to conversations’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
hlýðir ‘listens’
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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
með ‘among’
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með (prep.): with
mörgum ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
kemr ‘comes’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
hygginn ‘A wise’
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hygginn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): intelligent
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
þvíat ‘’
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þvíat (conj.): because
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
kynnaz ‘’
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kynna (verb): make known, reveal
ýta ‘of men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
hugir ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
hagir ‘the affairs’
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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition
[5] hagir: hugir 723aˣ, 624
þokka ‘his thought’
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þokkr (noun m.): thought, disposition
hylr ‘conceals’
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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume
þegir ‘keeps silent’
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þegja (verb): be silent
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 20) Perspicito cuncta tacitus, quid quisque loquatur: / sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem ‘Look silently upon all things that people say; the speech of men both hides and reveals their ways’. For the first half there is a parallel in content in Hávm 7 (cf. st. 104).
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