Anon Hsv 123VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 123’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 434.
Íþróttir ‘accomplishments’
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íþrótt (noun f.): skill, accomplishment
margar ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
eignaz ‘’
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eigna (verb; °-að-): acquire
kosta ‘Try’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
vel ‘’
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vel (adv.): well, very
þó ‘’
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þó (adv.): though
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vinna ‘work’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
erfiði ‘hardship’
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erfiði (noun n.; °-s): hardship
drýgja ‘to endure’
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drýgja (verb; °-gð-): cause, practise
þurfu ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
[5] þurfu: so 624, þurfa 1199ˣ, 720a IV, 723aˣ
manns ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
allir ‘’
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allr (adj.): all
synir ‘the sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
eð ‘’
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eð (conj.): who, which
sína ‘’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] þeir: so 720a IV, 624, sína 1199ˣ, þeir eð 723aˣ
heilsu ‘health’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health
halda ‘’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 21) Exerce studium, quamvis perceperis artem: / ut cura ingenium, sic et manus adiuvat usum ‘Practise zeal in whatever art you have taken up, that care and attention may aid talent, and practise likewise the hand’.
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