Anon Hsv 49VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 390-1.
Þjarka ‘dispute’
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2. þjarka (verb): [dispute]
[1] Þjarka eða þræta: þræta eða þjarka 723aˣ, 624, þjarka né þræta 401ˣ
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
[1] Þjarka eða þræta: þræta eða þjarka 723aˣ, 624, þjarka né þræta 401ˣ
þræta ‘argue’
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2. þræta (verb): argue
[1] Þjarka eða þræta: þræta eða þjarka 723aˣ, 624, þjarka né þræta 401ˣ
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
aldri ‘’
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aldri (adv.): never
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[2] eigi við: aldri við 723aˣ, við 401ˣ, eigi við þér meira mann eða 624
eða ‘’
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eða (conj.): or
mann ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
meira ‘’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[2] eigi við: aldri við 723aˣ, við 401ˣ, eigi við þér meira mann eða 624
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
líka ‘’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
liða ‘followers’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
[2] liða: corrected from ‘lika’ 401ˣ, líka 624
væg ‘’
heldr ‘rather’
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heldr (adv.): rather
[3] heldr skaltu væginn vera: væg þú opt fyrir vinum 401ˣ, væg þú fyrir vinum 624
skaltu ‘you should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[3] heldr skaltu væginn vera: væg þú opt fyrir vinum 401ˣ, væg þú fyrir vinum 624
opt ‘’
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opt (adv.): often
væginn ‘balanced’
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væginn (adj.): lenient, balanced
[3] heldr skaltu væginn vera: væg þú opt fyrir vinum 401ˣ, væg þú fyrir vinum 624
vinum ‘’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] heldr skaltu væginn vera: væg þú opt fyrir vinum 401ˣ, væg þú fyrir vinum 624
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
[4] sanna elsku: inn sanna elska 723aˣ, 401ˣ
elsku ‘love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love
[4] sanna elsku: inn sanna elska 723aˣ, 401ˣ
gerir ‘makes’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
sam ‘concord’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same < 2. samþykki (noun n.): concord
[5] samþykki: ‘sa[...]þycki’ 401ˣ
þykki ‘’
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þykki (noun n.): [accord] < 2. samþykki (noun n.): concord
[5] samþykki: ‘sa[...]þycki’ 401ˣ
þverúð ‘discord’
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þverúð (noun f.; °-ar): [discord]
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þrætum ‘disputes’
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1. þræta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): quarrel
vex ‘grows’
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vaxa (verb): grow, increase
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 36) Litem inferre cave cum quo tibi gratia iuncta est, / ira odium generat, concordia nutrit amorem ‘Beware of starting a fight with someone who is closely joined to you; anger brings about hatred; harmony nourishes love’. A similar topic is dealt with in Hsv 7.
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