Anon Hsv 126VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 126’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 435-6.
Örlög ‘destiny’
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ørlag (noun n.): (pl.) primal law, fate
sín ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
skyldi ‘’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
veit ‘’
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1. vita (verb): know
engi ‘no-one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
fyrir ‘beforehand’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
[2] fyrir: maðr fyrir 723aˣ, maðr 624
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
um ‘about’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
veit ‘’
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1. vita (verb): know
tala ‘’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
neitt ‘’
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1. neita (verb): refuse
ali ‘show’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
[3] önn ali: veit neitt tala 624
hitt ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
flestir ‘most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[4] flestir þat vita: hitt vita flestir 624
þat ‘’
[4] flestir þat vita: hitt vita flestir 624
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
flærð ‘the deceit’
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flærð (noun f.): falsehood, deceit < flærðvarr (adj.)
dauði ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 22) Multum venturi ne cures tempora fati: / non metuit mortem, qui scit contemnere vitam ‘Do not worry much about the times of fate which will come; he does not fear death who knows how to spurn life’. — [1-3]: These ll. are close in content to Hávm 56/4-6.
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