Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 371-2.
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of- ((prefix)): too much < 2. ofsvefni (noun n.)of- ((prefix)): too much
[1] Ofsvefni: ofsefn 723aˣ, ofsvefna 624
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svefni (noun n.; °-s): [sleepiness] < 2. ofsvefni (noun n.)
[1] Ofsvefni: ofsefn 723aˣ, ofsvefna 624
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3. eigi (adv.): not
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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2. vakr (adj.): awake
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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leti (noun f.; °-): [laziness]
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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losti (noun m.; °-a): lust
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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin
[4] lasta: losta 696XV, 624
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
[5, 6] er lengi sefr auðit: ‘[...]’ 696XV
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auðinn (adj.; °compar. auðnari): fated, decreed
[5, 6] er lengi sefr auðit: ‘[...]’ 696XV
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iðuliga (adv.): frequently
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 2) Plus vigila semper nec somno deditus esto; / nam diuturna quies vitiis alimenta ministrat ‘Always keep more alert, nor be given to sleep; for continuous idleness offers food for vice’. The text of 1199ˣ is closer than that of 624 to the Lat.; in 624 the whole st. seems corrupt. The advice to be alert is also expressed in Hsv 9. Similar advice is also given in Grp 29 (NK, 168).
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