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Anon Hsv 24^VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 375.

Anonymous Poems Hugsvinnsmál

Konu ‘wife’s’

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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman

[1] Konu: ‘Kvonar’ 401ˣ

þinnar ‘to your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

hlýð ‘listen’

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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able

[2] hlýð þú eigi kveinstöfum: hlyð eigi kveinstöfum 1199ˣ(74v), 723aˣ, ‘kveinstofum hlyd[...]’ 401ˣ, kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa 624

þarftu ‘’

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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary

þú ‘’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

[2] hlýð þú eigi kveinstöfum: hlyð eigi kveinstöfum 1199ˣ(74v), 723aˣ, ‘kveinstofum hlyd[...]’ 401ˣ, kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa 624

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[2] hlýð þú eigi kveinstöfum: hlyð eigi kveinstöfum 1199ˣ(74v), 723aˣ, ‘kveinstofum hlyd[...]’ 401ˣ, kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa 624

kvein ‘’

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2. kvein (noun n.): °klagen, jamren < kveinstafr (noun m.)

[2] hlýð þú eigi kveinstöfum: hlyð eigi kveinstöfum 1199ˣ(74v), 723aˣ, ‘kveinstofum hlyd[...]’ 401ˣ, kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa 624

trúa ‘’

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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)

stöfum ‘complaints’

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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick < kveinstafr (noun m.)

[2] hlýð þú eigi kveinstöfum: hlyð eigi kveinstöfum 1199ˣ(74v), 723aˣ, ‘kveinstofum hlyd[...]’ 401ˣ, kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa 624

þótti ‘’

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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think

þótt ‘although’

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þó (adv.): though

[3] þótt: so 401ˣ, 624, þó 1199ˣ(72v), 723aˣ, þótti 720a IV

hon ‘she’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

þína ‘’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

þræla ‘the servants’

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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant

[3] þræla: þína þræla 401ˣ

opt ‘’

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opt (adv.): often

áviti ‘’

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áviti (adj.; °indecl.): °acquainted with

þinna ‘’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

saki ‘may blame’

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saka (verb): blame, be guilty

[3] saki: ‘sa[...]’ 723aˣ, þinna áviti opt 624

opt ‘often’

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opt (adv.): often

[4] opt hon þann: hon þann opt 624

hon ‘she’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

[4] opt hon þann: hon þann opt 624

þann ‘him’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[4] opt hon þann: hon þann opt 624

hatar ‘hates’

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hata (verb): hate

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

þér ‘to you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

hollr ‘loyal’

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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal

geriz ‘is’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

[5] geriz: er 624

reyndu ‘test out’

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reyna (verb): test, try, experience

hvat ‘what’

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hvat (pron.): what

at ‘’

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4. at (conj.): that

it ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[6] it: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, 401ˣ, 624, at 1199ˣ(72v)

sanna ‘truth’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true

sé ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 8) Nil temere uxori de servis crede querenti: / semper enim mulier, quem coniux diligit, odit ‘Believe nothing rashly of a wife complaining about the servants; for often a woman hates the one her husband likes’. The last l. has no equivalent in the Lat. text. — [1-3]: The wording of 624 is quite different, although the sense is roughly the same: Konu þinnar | kveinstöfum þarftu eigi at trúa, | þótt hún þræla þinna áviti opt ‘You need not believe your wife’s complaints, although she may often accuse your servants’.

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