Anon Hsv 134VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 134’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 440.
Fá ‘a not very’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few < fávíss (adj.)
víss ‘wise’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < fávíss (adj.)
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
verðr ‘is’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
firði ‘a fjord’
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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord
staddr ‘stuck’
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2. steðja (verb): stop, place
getr ‘get’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
beinan ‘a direct’
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2. beinn (adj.; °beinan; compar. beinni, superl. beinastr/beinstr): straight
byr ‘wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
lið ‘more use’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop < liðligr (adj.)
ligra ‘ful’
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-ligr (adj.): -ly < liðligr (adj.)
ráð ‘’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
honum ‘for him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] er honum: ráð 624
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
snúa ‘’
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snúa (verb): turn
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
foldu ‘the land’
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fold (noun f.): land
frá ‘away from’
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frá (prep.): from
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 33) Quod potes id tempta: nam litus carpere remis / tutius est multo quam velum tendere in altum ‘Whatever you are able [to do], try it; for to seize the oar at the shore is far safer than to spread the sail on the high sea’.
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