Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 32

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Anon Hsv 32^VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 380.

Anonymous Poems Hugsvinnsmál

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Ungr ‘young’

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ungr (adj.): young

[1] Ungr skal: ‘[...]skyldi’ 696XV

skal ‘must’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

[1] Ungr skal: ‘[...]skyldi’ 696XV

[2] þarf: om. 723aˣ, skal 696XV

gamall ‘’

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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old

aldraðr ‘when old’

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aldraðr (adj.): elderly

[2] aldraðr: ‘aldraur’ 696XV, gamall 624

at ‘’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

[2] at: ‘ætte [...]’ 723aˣ

hafa ‘’

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hafa (verb): have

ok ‘’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

varaztu ‘beware’

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2. vara (verb): warn

[3] varaztu: ok varaz 696XV, ‘var[...]’ 401ˣ

við ‘of’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

[3] við: om. 723aˣ

laus ‘’

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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without

æ ‘’

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2. æ (adv.): always, forever

löst ‘faults’

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last (noun n.; °-): fault, sin, vice

[3] löst: so 401ˣ, 624, löstu 1199ˣ, löstu æ 723aˣ, laus 696XV

meðan ‘while’

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meðan (conj.): while

lifir ‘are alive’

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lifa (verb): live

[3] lifir: ‘[...]’ 696XV, ‘li[...]’ 624

þvíat ‘’

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þvíat (conj.): because

ávíta ‘’

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ávít (noun n.; °; -): °blame, reprimand, reproof < ávítalauss (adj.): °blameless, free from rebuke/reproach, ?exempt from punishment

ávítunar ‘without’

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ávítun (noun f.): [without] < ávítunarlauss (adj.)

[4] ávítunarlaust: ‘[...]ítalaust’ 696XV, ávítalaust 401ˣ, þvíat ávítunarlaust 624

laust ‘blame’

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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < ávítunarlauss (adj.)lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < ávítalauss (adj.): °blameless, free from rebuke/reproach, ?exempt from punishment

[4] ávítunarlaust: ‘[...]ítalaust’ 696XV, ávítalaust 401ˣ, þvíat ávítunarlaust 624

máttu ‘you can’

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mega (verb): may, might

aldri ‘’

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aldri (adv.): never

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[5] eigi: aldri 723aˣ

elligar ‘otherwise’

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elligar (adv.): otherwise

[5] elligar: om. 624

dæma ‘judge’

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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge

um ‘’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

manna ‘’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

annarra ‘’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

seggja ‘men’s’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

[6] seggja: annarra manna 624

alla ‘’

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allr (adj.): all

siðu ‘morals’

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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals

[6] siðu: ‘si[...]’ 401ˣ, siðu alla 624

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 16) Multorum cum facta senex et dicta reprendas, / fac tibi succurrant, iuvenis quae feceris ipse ‘When, having grown old, you censure the deeds and sayings of many, let those things come to your mind that you yourself did as a youth’. The content is quite similar to Has 42.

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Anon Hsv 32VII