Anon Hsv 65VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 65’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 400-1.
Engan ‘anybody’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of < fyrirlíta (verb)
[1] fyrirlít: fyrirlítir 624(144)
lít ‘should not look down’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear < fyrirlíta (verb)
[1] fyrirlít: fyrirlítir 624(144)
afl ‘in strength’
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2. afl (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength < aflvani (adj.): °weak, lacking in strength; unable (to do sth.)
[2] aflvani sé: sé álfvani 624(143), álfvani sé 624(144)
vani ‘deficient’
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-vani (adj.): [deficient] < aflvani (adj.): °weak, lacking in strength; unable (to do sth.)
[2] aflvani sé: sé álfvani 624(143), álfvani sé 624(144)
sé ‘may be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2] aflvani sé: sé álfvani 624(143), álfvani sé 624(144)
ljótr ‘ugly’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lág ‘’
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lág (noun f.; °; -ir): log < lágskapaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[3] lágskapaðr: lágr er margr skapaðr 624(143), lágr skapaðr margr er 624(144)
skapaðr ‘’
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-skapaðr (adj./verb p.p.): [creator]
margr ‘’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skapaðr ‘short’
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2. skapa (verb): form < lágskapaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
[3] lágskapaðr: lágr er margr skapaðr 624(143), lágr skapaðr margr er 624(144)
þó ‘’
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þó (adv.): though
sá ‘’
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] margr er: þó er sá margr 624(143)
hygginn ‘intelligent’
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hygginn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): intelligent
þótt ‘although’
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þó (adv.): though
[5] þótt herviligr sé: er herviligr er sýnar 624(143), þótt sé herviligir 624(144)
herviligr ‘wretched’
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herviligr (adj.): [wretched]
[5] þótt herviligr sé: er herviligr er sýnar 624(143), þótt sé herviligir 624(144)
sýnar ‘’
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sýn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sight
sé ‘may be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5] þótt herviligr sé: er herviligr er sýnar 624(143), þótt sé herviligir 624(144)
eða ‘’
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eða (conj.): or
maðr ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[6] ok mjök lítit megi: so 624(144), eða ljótr ok lágskapaðr 1199ˣ, maðr þó lítit megi 624(143)
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[6]: The last l. in 1199ˣ is a repetition of l. 3 and appears to be the result of scribal error.
ljótr ‘’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
mjök ‘very’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
[6] ok mjök lítit megi: so 624(144), eða ljótr ok lágskapaðr 1199ˣ, maðr þó lítit megi 624(143)
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[6]: The last l. in 1199ˣ is a repetition of l. 3 and appears to be the result of scribal error.
lítit ‘little’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
[6] ok mjök lítit megi: so 624(144), eða ljótr ok lágskapaðr 1199ˣ, maðr þó lítit megi 624(143)
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[6]: The last l. in 1199ˣ is a repetition of l. 3 and appears to be the result of scribal error.
megi ‘is capable of’
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mega (verb): may, might
[6] ok mjök lítit megi: so 624(144), eða ljótr ok lágskapaðr 1199ˣ, maðr þó lítit megi 624(143)
notes
[6]: The last l. in 1199ˣ is a repetition of l. 3 and appears to be the result of scribal error.
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 9) Corporis exigui vires contemnere noli: / consilio pollet, cui vim natura negavit ‘Do not disdain the powers of a small body; [the man] to whom nature denied strength may be strong in counsel’. Cf. Sól 34. Further parallels occur in Hávm 10 and 75.
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