Anon Hsv 42VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 386.
Flá ‘of a deceit’
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3. flá (verb): flay < fláráðr (adj.)
[1] Fláráðs manns orði: Fláráðs manns orðum 723aˣ, 624, ‘Flara[...]’ 696XV, Fláráðr maðr 401ˣ
ráðs ‘ful’
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-ráðr (adj.): -ful < fláráðr (adj.)
[1] Fláráðs manns orði: Fláráðs manns orðum 723aˣ, 624, ‘Flara[...]’ 696XV, Fláráðr maðr 401ˣ
manns ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[1] Fláráðs manns orði: Fláráðs manns orðum 723aˣ, 624, ‘Flara[...]’ 696XV, Fláráðr maðr 401ˣ
orði ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
[1] Fláráðs manns orði: Fláráðs manns orðum 723aˣ, 624, ‘Flara[...]’ 696XV, Fláráðr maðr 401ˣ
þótt ‘even though’
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þó (adv.): though
[2] þótt fagrt: þótt hann fagrt 723aˣ, 401ˣ, 624, ‘[...]’ 696XV
fagrt ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[2] þótt fagrt: þótt hann fagrt 723aˣ, 401ˣ, 624, ‘[...]’ 696XV
mæli ‘may speak’
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2. mála (verb): speak
þarftu ‘You need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
[3] þarftu: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ, ‘þarf[...]v’ 401ˣ
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
þeim ‘the’
[3] þeim: so 723aˣ, 624, til honum 1199ˣ, honum 696XV, því 401ˣ
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
trúa ‘believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
glyslig ‘specious’
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glysligr (adj.): specious, glittering
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
lát ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[6] ok gjalt svá: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ, ‘[...]tu’ 696XV, gjaltu 401ˣ, gjaltu svá 624
gjalt ‘repay’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
[6] ok gjalt svá: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ, ‘[...]tu’ 696XV, gjaltu 401ˣ, gjaltu svá 624
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
[6] ok gjalt svá: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ, ‘[...]tu’ 696XV, gjaltu 401ˣ, gjaltu svá 624
líku ‘like’
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líkr (adj.): like
líkt ‘with like’
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líkr (adj.): like
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 26) Qui simulat verbis nec corde est fidus amicus, / tu qui fac simile: sic ars deluditur acte ‘Whoever dissimulates in words and is not a faithful friend at heart, treat him the same way: thus artifice is deluded by action’. The advice to be sceptical if somebody praises you too much is quite common in ON-Icel. poetry. Usually the adj. flár is used to denote untruthful or false speech. Cf. for instance Anon Mhkv 28III. Parallels in phrasing occur in Hávm 45 (NK, 24): Ef þú átt annan, | þannz þú illa trúir, | vildu af hánom þó gott geta: | fagrt scaltu við þann mæla, | en flátt hyggia | oc gialda lausung við lygi ‘if you’ve another, whom you don’t trust, but from whom you want nothing but good, speak fairly to him but think falsely and repay treachery with lies’ (Larrington 1996, 20). Cf. also the phrasing in Sól 19, although the st. deals with a different topic.
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