Anon Hsv 59VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 397.
Áhyggju ‘concerned’
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1. áhyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur (ahyggur ÓH235 162³)): concern, anxiety
bera ‘be’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
fyrir ‘about’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
öngum ‘not’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
hlut ‘anything’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
leynir ‘conceals’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
gumna ‘’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
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[3] gum*a ‘men’: The word is unmetrical in 1199ˣ. This emendation is found in Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn and is also adopted in Skj B. Cf. also gumn- emended to gum*- in this metrical position in sts 86/6, 87/3 (624 has gunnum), 121/3, 122/6 and 130/6. In general, the shorter, metrically correct form seems unknown to all scribes.
himneska ‘heavenly’
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himneskr (adj.; °-an): heavenly
hluti ‘’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
höldar ‘men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
vita ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
þeir ‘’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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[6] er á jörðu búa ‘who live on earth’: This l. lacks alliteration in both mss. Finnur (Skj B) has þeir er í heimi hafaz ‘those who are on earth’, which derives from Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn.
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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[6] er á jörðu búa ‘who live on earth’: This l. lacks alliteration in both mss. Finnur (Skj B) has þeir er í heimi hafaz ‘those who are on earth’, which derives from Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[6] er á jörðu búa ‘who live on earth’: This l. lacks alliteration in both mss. Finnur (Skj B) has þeir er í heimi hafaz ‘those who are on earth’, which derives from Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn.
jörðu ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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[6] er á jörðu búa ‘who live on earth’: This l. lacks alliteration in both mss. Finnur (Skj B) has þeir er í heimi hafaz ‘those who are on earth’, which derives from Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn.
búa ‘live’
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[6] er á jörðu búa ‘who live on earth’: This l. lacks alliteration in both mss. Finnur (Skj B) has þeir er í heimi hafaz ‘those who are on earth’, which derives from Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn.
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 2) Mitte arcana dei caelumque inquirere quid sit, / [An di sint caelumque regant, ne quaere doceri] / cum sis mortalis quae sunt mortalia cura ‘Avoid asking what are the secret things of God and heaven; [do not seek to be told whether gods exist and rule the heaven] since you are human, worry about human things’.
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