Anon Hsv 4VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 363.
Ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
góðan ‘a precious’
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góðr (adj.): good
grip ‘thing’
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grip (noun n.): grip
gefa ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
hollir ‘loyal’
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hollr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): loyal
vinir ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
eiga ‘own’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
skalt ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
unna ‘enjoy’
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1. unna (verb): love
allvel ‘well’
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allvel (adv.): very well
góðu ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fylg ‘follow’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
gakk ‘keep away’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
illu ‘evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
hvergi ‘by no means’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
notes
[6]: The last l. of this st. corresponds to an Icel. saying: Illt er að rasa fyrir ráð fram ‘It is bad to rush in headlong’.
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[6]: The last l. of this st. corresponds to an Icel. saying: Illt er að rasa fyrir ráð fram ‘It is bad to rush in headlong’.
fyrir ‘in’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
notes
[6]: The last l. of this st. corresponds to an Icel. saying: Illt er að rasa fyrir ráð fram ‘It is bad to rush in headlong’.
ráð ‘headlong’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
notes
[6]: The last l. of this st. corresponds to an Icel. saying: Illt er að rasa fyrir ráð fram ‘It is bad to rush in headlong’.
notes
[6]: The last l. of this st. corresponds to an Icel. saying: Illt er að rasa fyrir ráð fram ‘It is bad to rush in headlong’.
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Lat. parallels: (sent. 4) datum serva ‘look after what is given to you’; (sent. 6) cum bonis ambula ‘keep company with good people’; (sent. 7) antequam † ne accesseris. ‘do not [go] until called’.
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