Anon Hsv 141VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 141’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 444.
Böl ‘to a malicious’
(not checked:)
bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil < bǫlgjarn (adj.)
gjörnum ‘’
(not checked:)
gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < bǫlgjarn (adj.)
manni ‘man’
(not checked:)
maðr (noun m.): man, person
ef ‘if’
(not checked:)
3. ef (conj.): if
þér ‘you’
(not checked:)
þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
brugðiz ‘deceived’
(not checked:)
bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
hefir ‘has’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
skaltu ‘You must’
(not checked:)
skulu (verb): shall, should, must
eigi ‘not’
(not checked:)
3. eigi (adv.): not
grand ‘harm’
(not checked:)
grand (noun n.): injury
gera ‘do’
(not checked:)
1. gera (verb): do, make
þvít ‘because’
(not checked:)
þvít (conj.): because, since
af ‘from’
(not checked:)
af (prep.): from
annars ‘another’s’
(not checked:)
1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
gæzku ‘kindness’
(not checked:)
gœzka (noun f.): goodness
batnar ‘improves’
(not checked:)
batna (verb; °-að-): improve
iðugliga ‘frequently’
(not checked:)
iðuliga (adv.): frequently
er ‘who’
(not checked:)
2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hefir ‘has’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
ó ‘rich’
(not checked:)
ó- ((prefix)): un- < óvinauðigr (adj.)
notes
[6] óvinauðigr ‘not rich in friends’: i.e. without many friends. This word is a hap. leg., possibly modelled on vinsæll / óvinsæll and ‑auðigr compounds (e.g. féauðigr). It could also be construed óvin-auðigr ‘rich in enemies’. Gering and Skj B following him corrects to óvinligr ‘unfriendly’.
vinauðigr ‘in friends’
notes
[6] óvinauðigr ‘not rich in friends’: i.e. without many friends. This word is a hap. leg., possibly modelled on vinsæll / óvinsæll and ‑auðigr compounds (e.g. féauðigr). It could also be construed óvin-auðigr ‘rich in enemies’. Gering and Skj B following him corrects to óvinligr ‘unfriendly’.
verit ‘been’
(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 41) Damnaris numquam post longum tempus amicum: / mutavit mores, sed pignera prima memento ‘Never condemn a friend of long standing, he has changed his ways, but remember his first merits’.
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.