Anon Hsv 143VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 143’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 445.
Miskunn ‘merci’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace < miskunnsamr (adj.)
samr ‘ful’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same < miskunnsamr (adj.)
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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 ‘own’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
þræla ‘slaves’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
þér ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
jarð ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth < jarðligr (adj.): earthly
[4] jarðligt: so 624, jarðligs 1199ˣ
ligt ‘ly’
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-ligr (adj.): -ly < jarðligr (adj.): earthly
[4] jarðligt: so 624, jarðligs 1199ˣ
minztu ‘’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
jafnt ‘the same’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just
þræll ‘’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
þý ‘a bondwoman’
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þý (noun f.; °-jar/-ar, acc. -ju; -jar): bondswoman
[6] þý sem: þræll ok 624
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þjóðkóngs ‘’
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þjóðkóngr (noun m.)
þjóðans ‘of a prince’
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þjóðann (noun m.): prince, sovereign
[6] þjóðans: so 624, þjóðkóngs 1199ˣ
mögr ‘the kinsman’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 44) Cum servos fueris proprios mercatus in usus / et famulos dicas, homines tamen esse memento ‘When you have bought your own slaves for your use, and you call them servants, remember they are still men’. — [4-6]: 624 reads quite differently here: jarðligt minztu, | at jafnt hefir | þræll ok þjóðans mögr (minztu, at þræll ok þjóðans mögr hefir jafnt jarðligt [eðli] ‘remember that a slave and a ruler’s kinsman have the same earthly [nature]’).
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