Anon Hsv 23VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 374-5.
Blíðr ‘friendly’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
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[1]: The advice to be blíðr ‘affable’ or blíðmæltr ‘affable, bland’ is also given in Hsv 8 and 90.
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[1]: The advice to be blíðr ‘affable’ or blíðmæltr ‘affable, bland’ is also given in Hsv 8 and 90.
vert ‘Be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[1]: The advice to be blíðr ‘affable’ or blíðmæltr ‘affable, bland’ is also given in Hsv 8 and 90.
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
stundum ‘sometimes’
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stundum (adv.): at times, sometimes
bráð ‘of hasty’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly) < bráðskapaðr (adj.): °hot-tempered, quick-tempered
skapaðr ‘disposition’
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2. skapa (verb): form < bráðskapaðr (adj.): °hot-tempered, quick-tempered
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
geraz ‘becomes’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þarfir ‘necessary’
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þarfr (adj.): necessary, useful
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
þat ‘it’
[4] má þat verða: ‘ma verd[...]’ 401ˣ, þat þykkir 624
þykkir ‘’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
verða ‘happen’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[4] má þat verða: ‘ma verd[...]’ 401ˣ, þat þykkir 624
þó ‘’
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þó (adv.): though
skipti ‘becomes’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
[5] skipti vitr maðr: vitr maðr skipti 723aˣ, skipti vinr 401ˣ, skipti vitr 624
vinr ‘’
vitr ‘a wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
[5] skipti vitr maðr: vitr maðr skipti 723aˣ, skipti vinr 401ˣ, skipti vitr 624
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[5] skipti vitr maðr: vitr maðr skipti 723aˣ, skipti vinr 401ˣ, skipti vitr 624
reiði ‘’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
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: om. 723aˣ
last ‘virtuously’
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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice < lastvarr (adj.): faultless
varr ‘’
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2. varr (adj.): wary < lastvarr (adj.): faultless
lifi ‘lives’
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lifa (verb): live
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 7) Clemens et constans, ut res expostulat, esto: / temporibus mores sapiens sine crimine mutat ‘Be constant and kind, as the case demands; the wise man changes his ways without fault as the times require’.
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