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Anon Hsv 54VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 54’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 393-4.

Anonymous PoemsHugsvinnsmál
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Aura ‘money’

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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property

[1] Aura þína: ‘[...] þina’ 401ˣ, eigur þínar 624

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þína ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

[1] Aura þína: ‘[...] þina’ 401ˣ, eigur þínar 624

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skaltu ‘You must’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

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eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

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til ‘for’

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til (prep.): to

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ó ‘no’

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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ónýti (noun n.)

[2] ónýtis: ónýts 401ˣ, ofneyzlu 624

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nýtis ‘use’

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-nýti (noun n.): [use] < ónýti (noun n.)

[2] ónýtis: ónýts 401ˣ, ofneyzlu 624

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hafa ‘have’

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hafa (verb): have

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heldr ‘rather’

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heldr (adv.): rather

[3] heldr: ok 1199ˣ, hafna 401ˣ, om. 624

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neyt ‘use’

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neyta (verb): use, enjoy

[3] neyt með hagspeki: þú eigi hagspeki 401ˣ, om. 624

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

[3] neyt með hagspeki: þú eigi hagspeki 401ˣ, om. 624

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hag ‘sense’

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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition < hagspeki (noun f.)

[3] neyt með hagspeki: þú eigi hagspeki 401ˣ, om. 624

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speki ‘’

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speki (noun f.; °-): wisdom < hagspeki (noun f.)

[3] neyt með hagspeki: þú eigi hagspeki 401ˣ, om. 624

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opt ‘’

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opt (adv.): often

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válaðr ‘poor’

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válaðr (adj.): poor, poverty-stricken

[4] válaðr verðr: opt verðr sá aumr 624

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verðr ‘becomes’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

[4] válaðr verðr: opt verðr sá aumr 624

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‘he’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[5] er eigi vinna má: sá er vinna eigi má 401ˣ, er fyrir aurum ræðr 624

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er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[5] er eigi vinna má: sá er vinna eigi má 401ˣ, er fyrir aurum ræðr 624

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eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

[5] er eigi vinna má: sá er vinna eigi má 401ˣ, er fyrir aurum ræðr 624

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vinna ‘work’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

[5] er eigi vinna má: sá er vinna eigi má 401ˣ, er fyrir aurum ræðr 624

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‘can’

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mega (verb): may, might

[5] er eigi vinna má: sá er vinna eigi má 401ˣ, er fyrir aurum ræðr 624

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ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

[6] ef hann hefr aurum amat: ok hefr öðrum á mót 624

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hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

[6] ef hann hefr aurum amat: ok hefr öðrum á mót 624

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hefr ‘has’

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hafa (verb): have

[6] ef hann hefr aurum amat: ok hefr öðrum á mót 624

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á ‘’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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aurum ‘money’

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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property

[6] ef hann hefr aurum amat: ok hefr öðrum á mót 624

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mót ‘’

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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting

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amat ‘squandered’

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ama (verb; °-að-): [squandered]

[6] ef hann hefr aurum amat: ok hefr öðrum á mót 624

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Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 39) Conserva potius, quae sunt iam parta labore; / cum labor in damno est, crescit mortalis egestas ‘Preserve with greater effort what you have already gained; when labour is set at naught, human poverty grows’. 624 has a very different reading:

Eigur þínar    skaltu eigi til ofneyzlu hafa;
opt verðr sá aumr,    er fyrir aurum ræðr,
    ok hefir öðrum á mót.

Skaltu eigi hafa eigur þínar til ofneyzlu; sá verðr opt aumr, er ræðr fyrir aurum ok hefir öðrum á mót ‘You shall not use your property for intemperance; he often becomes poor who rules over money and uses it against others’. 624 lacks a 3rd l. and there is no alliteration in the last l. The verbal correspondences in the first helmingr, however, suggest that both versions are ultimately derived from the same translation.

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