Anon Hsv 142VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 142’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 444-5.
Vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
skaltu ‘you must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
vinna ‘work’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
átt ‘take’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
verkum ‘work’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
hlut ‘part’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
geraz ‘become’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hollr ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
[3] hollr: ‘hollvr’ corrected from ‘holldvr’ 624
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[4] sinni sýslu: sýslu sinni 624
gleymir ‘’
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gleyma (verb): forget
slækinn ‘’
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slœkinn (adj./verb p.p.): [weakling]
notes
[5] slægr ‘sly’: 624’s slækinn ‘slack’ (i.e. ‘lax, lazy’) seems to suit the sense better.
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ilt ‘bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
verk ‘work’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed < verkþjófr (noun m.)
þjófr ‘thief’
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þjófr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): thief < verkþjófr (noun m.)
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 42) Gratior officiis, quo sis mage carior, esto, / ne nomen subeas, quod dicunt, officiperdi ‘Be more gracious in your business dealings to those to whom you may be dearer, so that you will not bear the name of “officiperdus” [lit. one who makes ill use of the favours of others]’.
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