Anon Hsv 19VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 372.
Ó ‘close’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ómálugr (adj.)
málugr ‘mouthed’
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málugr (adj.; °málgan; superl. málgastr): reticent < ómálugr (adj.)
vert ‘’
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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
stilla ‘control’
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stilla (verb): control
[2] stilla orðum: orðum stilla 723aˣ, stilt orðum 624
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
[2] stilla orðum: orðum stilla 723aˣ, stilt orðum 624
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vill ‘wants’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
gefa ‘’
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gefa (verb): give
geta ‘to gain’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[3] geta: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, 624, gefa 1199ˣ
æðra ‘more’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
krapt ‘strength’
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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power
fær ‘obtains’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
maðr ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
aldrigi ‘never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
hann ‘’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] hann sé með: at vera í 720a IV, vera í 723aˣ, 624
sé ‘being’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] hann sé með: at vera í 720a IV, vera í 723aˣ, 624
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
tungu ‘tongue’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
trúr ‘true’
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trúr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): faithful
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 3) Virtutem primam esse puta conpescere linguam; / proximus ille deo est, qui scit ratione tacere ‘I think the first virtue to be curbing your tongue; he is closest to God who knows how to keep quiet properly’. The advice to listen rather than to speak in a circle of strangers is parallelled in Hsv 16, but this st. concentrates on discretion as a general virtue. A similar idea is expressed in Hávm 103 (cf. NK, 33).
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