Anon Hsv 20VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 372-3.
Ýmis ‘way’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate < ýmisgjarn (adj.)
[1] Ýmisgjarn: ‘Omis giar[...]’ 696XV
gjarn ‘ward’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < ýmisgjarn (adj.)
[1] Ýmisgjarn: ‘Omis giar[...]’ 696XV
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
aldrigi ‘Never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
sæzt ‘’
sáttr ‘at peace’
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sáttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): reconciled, at peace
[3] sáttr: sæzt 723aˣ
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
þik ‘your’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[3] sjálfan þik: ‘[...]’ 696XV
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
seggjum ‘one’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
[4] seggjum: við seggja 720a IV, 723aˣ, ‘vid [...]’ 696XV
öngum ‘with no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
manni ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
verðr ‘comes’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[5] verðr: verðr sá 720a IV, 624, verðr manni 696XV, verðr maðr sá 401ˣ
huga ‘to agreement’
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hugi (noun m.; °-a): courage, thought < samhugi (noun m.)
[5] samhuga: samhugi 401ˣ
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] hann er: om. 723aˣ
sundr ‘not in’
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sundr (adv.): (a)sunder < sundrþykkr (adj.)
[6] sundrþykkr: sundrþykkiz 723aˣ, ‘sund[...]’ 696XV
þykkr ‘agreement’
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2. þykkr (adj.): thick < sundrþykkr (adj.)
[6] sundrþykkr: sundrþykkiz 723aˣ, ‘sund[...]’ 696XV
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[6] við sik: ‘[...]’ 696XV, ‘við s[...]’ 401ˣ, við sjálfan sik 624
sjálfan ‘’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
sik ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[6] við sik: ‘[...]’ 696XV, ‘við s[...]’ 401ˣ, við sjálfan sik 624
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 4) Sperne repugnando tibi tu contrarius esse: / conveniet nulli, qui secum dissidet ipse ‘Strongly avoid being contrary to yourself; he agrees with no one who disagrees with himself’.
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