Anon Hsv 26VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 376.
Hirtu ‘Take care’
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hirða (verb): hide, care for
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
sina ‘’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
at ‘to’
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4. at (conj.): that
[1] at senna: so 723aˣ, at seggja 1199ˣ, sina 401ˣ, at sverja 624
sverja ‘’
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1. sverja (verb): swear
seggja ‘’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
senna ‘quarrel’
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2. senna (verb): [quarrel]
[1] at senna: so 723aˣ, at seggja 1199ˣ, sina 401ˣ, at sverja 624
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
satt ‘the truth’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
hvass ‘a sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp < hvassorðr (adj./verb p.p.)
orðan ‘worded’
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2. -orðr (adj.): -worded < hvassorðr (adj./verb p.p.)
há ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
mál ‘’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < málskalpr (noun m.)1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < 1. málskap (noun n.)
[4] málskálp: so 401ˣ, málskap 1199ˣ, 723aˣ, því málskálp 624
skap ‘’
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1. skap (noun n.; °-s; *-): mind, fate < 1. málskap (noun n.)
skálp ‘loquacity’
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skalpr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): sheath < málskalpr (noun m.)
[4] málskálp: so 401ˣ, málskap 1199ˣ, 723aˣ, því málskálp 624
mikit ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
verðr ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
gefit ‘granted’
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gefa (verb): give
fár ‘few’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
hyggju ‘mind’
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1. hyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thought, mind
horskr ‘wise’
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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 10) Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis: / sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis ‘Do not exchange words with wordy people; speech is given to all, wisdom of mind to few’. The corresponding st. of the distichs is also cited in FGT. There the Lat. text is followed by a translation: Hirð eigi þú at þræta við málrófsmenn; málróf er gefit mǫrgum, en spekin fám ‘Do not quarrel with loquacious people; loquacity is given to many, but wisdom to few’ (FGT 1972, 228-9). — [2]: The second l. has no equivalent in the Lat. text.
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