Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 147’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 447-8.
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í (prep.): in, into
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ljóð (noun n.; °; -): poem
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
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1. nema (verb): to take
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
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mildi (noun f.): generosity, mercy
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1. vit (noun n.; °-s; -): wisdom, wit; visit
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree < viðrsjá (noun f.)
[5] viðrsjá: vit sér 624
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
[6] ráð ok rétta siðu: ráði ok réttum sið 723aˣ
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
[6] ráð ok rétta siðu: ráði ok réttum sið 723aˣ
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
[6] ráð ok rétta siðu: ráði ok réttum sið 723aˣ
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Lat. parallel: (IV, Praefatio) Securam quicumque cupis perducere vitam / nec vitiis haerere animo, quae moribus obsint ‘Whoever you are, if you wish to lead a safe life, do not fix your mind on faults which are contrary to character’.
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