Anon Hsv 34VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 34’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 381-2.
Við ‘of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
meinum ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
varaz ‘’
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5. vara (verb): expect
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[2] á margan veg: ‘ꜳ̋ [...]’ 696XV, ‘[...] margan haṫṫ’ 401ˣ, á marga vega varaz 624
margan ‘many a’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
[2] á margan veg: ‘ꜳ̋ [...]’ 696XV, ‘[...] margan haṫṫ’ 401ˣ, á marga vega varaz 624
veg ‘way’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[2] á margan veg: ‘ꜳ̋ [...]’ 696XV, ‘[...] margan haṫṫ’ 401ˣ, á marga vega varaz 624
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[3] þótt þú: þó þú 723aˣ, ‘[...]’ 696XV
þik ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vitir ‘’
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1. vita (verb): know
vel ‘’
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vel (adv.): well, very
full ‘very’
[3] fullsterkr: fullríkr 696XV, 401ˣ, vel auðgan 624
auðgan ‘’
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auðigr (adj.; °auðgan/auðigan; compar. auðgari/auðigri, superl. auðgastr/auðigastr): wealthy
ríkr ‘’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich < fullríkr (adj.)
sterkr ‘well off’
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sterkr (adj.): strong < fullsterkr (adj.): [mightily strong]
[3] fullsterkr: fullríkr 696XV, 401ˣ, vel auðgan 624
at ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
fé ‘money’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
opt ‘’
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opt (adv.): often
verðr ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
sá ‘’
[4] sá aumr: aumr sá 723aˣ, 696XV, aumr 401ˣ
aumr ‘poor’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
[4] sá aumr: aumr sá 723aˣ, 696XV, aumr 401ˣ
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
aurum ‘money’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
[5] aurum: fyrir aurum 696XV, 401ˣ
ræðr ‘possesses’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[5] ræðr: ‘[...]’ 696XV, ‘r[...]’ 401ˣ
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ilt ‘bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
[6] ilt er auði at trúa: ilt er at trúa auð 723aˣ, ‘[...]d at trua’ 696XV, ilt er auð at trúa 401ˣ, ok verðr varr sanns 624
verðr ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] ilt er auði at trúa: ilt er at trúa auð 723aˣ, ‘[...]d at trua’ 696XV, ilt er auð at trúa 401ˣ, ok verðr varr sanns 624
varr ‘’
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2. varr (adj.): wary
auði ‘in wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
[6] ilt er auði at trúa: ilt er at trúa auð 723aˣ, ‘[...]d at trua’ 696XV, ilt er auð at trúa 401ˣ, ok verðr varr sanns 624
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
[6] ilt er auði at trúa: ilt er at trúa auð 723aˣ, ‘[...]d at trua’ 696XV, ilt er auð at trúa 401ˣ, ok verðr varr sanns 624
sanns ‘’
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1. sannr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i;): true
trúa ‘trust’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
[6] ilt er auði at trúa: ilt er at trúa auð 723aˣ, ‘[...]d at trua’ 696XV, ilt er auð at trúa 401ˣ, ok verðr varr sanns 624
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 18) Cum fueris felix, quae sunt adversa, caveto: / non eodem cursu respondent ultima primis ‘When you are happy, be on your guard against adverse things; the end does not always follow the same course as that begun’. The text of 1199ˣ might have been influenced by Sól 34. The dangers of being rich are also mentioned in, e.g., Hávm 10/4-5 (NK, 18): auði betra | þiccir þat í ókunnom stað ‘better than riches [common sense] will seem in an unfamiliar place’ (Larrington 1996, 15).
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