Anon Hsv 50VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 50’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 391.
launa ‘repay’
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launa (verb): reward
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
góðan ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
hug ‘intentions’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
þær ‘’
[3] þær: om. 401ˣ
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vinir ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
[3] veita vinir: vinir veita 401ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
elska ‘love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love
helz ‘stay’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
rekka ‘of men’
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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion
liði ‘the company’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
þeim ‘’
[6] þeim: þann 723aˣ, þeira 624
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þörfum ‘’
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þarfr (adj.): necessary, useful
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 35) Ne dubita cum magna petas impendere parva: / his etenim rebus coniungit gratia caros ‘Do not hesitate, when you are seeking great things, to spend a little; for in such matters good behaviour requires expenditures’. On the topics of hospitality and generosity in ON-Icel. poetry, cf. for instance Hávm 48, 117 (NK, 24, 35), Hárb 21 (NK, 81).
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