Anon Hsv 58VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 58’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 396.
Ó ‘an un’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ókunnr (adj.): unknown
kunnum ‘known man’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?) < ókunnr (adj.): unknown
manni ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vel ‘’
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vel (adv.): well, very
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vilt ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
víðfrægr ‘’
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víðfrægr (adj.): far-renowned
vin ‘popular’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < vinsæll (adj.): popular
[3] vinsæll vera: víðfrægr verða ok vinsæll 624
verða ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
sæll ‘’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < vinsæll (adj.): popular
[3] vinsæll vera: víðfrægr verða ok vinsæll 624
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vera ‘to be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] vinsæll vera: víðfrægr verða ok vinsæll 624
betra ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
þykkir ‘seems’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
vitrum ‘to a wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
hal ‘man’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
öreigi ‘’
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1. øreigi (noun m.)
eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[6] eiga víða: öreigi eigi 624
eigi ‘’
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1. -eigi (noun m.)
vini ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 1) Si potes, ignotis etiam prodesse memento: / utilius regno est, meritis adquirere amicos ‘If you can, even remember to help people you do not know; it is more beneficial than a kingdom to gain friends by kindness’.
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