Anon Hsv 17VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 371.
Allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
ráða ‘advice’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
tel ‘consider’
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telja (verb): tell, count
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þat ‘this’
einna ‘the’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[2] einna bezt: so 723aˣ, bezt vera 1199ˣ, 624, bezt 720a IV
vera ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
bezt ‘best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
[2] einna bezt: so 723aˣ, bezt vera 1199ˣ, 624, bezt 720a IV
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
göfga ‘worship’
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gǫfga (verb): endow, worship
æztan ‘the highest’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hreinu ‘a pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
[4] með hreinu hjarta: þú 624
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
trúa ‘believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
elska ‘love’
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2. elska (verb; °-að-): love
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
hug ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 1) Si deus est animus nobis ut carmina dicunt, / hic tibi praecipue sit pura mente colendus ‘If God is a spirit, as songs tell us, he is to be worshipped by you above all with a pure mind’. With this st. the translation of the Disticha proper starts.
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