Anon Hsv 129VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 129’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 437.
Vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
aumr ‘miserable’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
eigi ‘do not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
gáir ‘remember’
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4. gá (verb): to heed
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vænta ‘expect’
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2. vænta (verb): hope, expect
ins ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
vildara ‘more pleasant’
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vilðr (adj.): desirable
hlutar ‘fate’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
[3] hlutar: so 723aˣ, 624, hluta 1199ˣ
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
auðigr ‘’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
auðugr ‘wealthy’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
[4] auðugr: auðigr 624
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
aura ‘’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
annt ‘’
vænt ‘not dismayed by’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected < ørvænn (adj.)
[5] örvænt: aura annt 624
sé ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
meins ‘injury’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vega ‘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
[6] marga vega: margan veg 624
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 26) Tranquillis rebus semper adversa timeto: / rursus in adversis melius sperare memento ‘In peaceful circumstances always be on the lookout for adverse things, and again, in bad times, remember always to hope for better’. The same idea is expressed in several other sts of Hsv, as for instance in sts 24, 25, 80.
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