Anon Hsv 68VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 68’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 402-3.
Öfund ‘envy’
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ǫfund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): envy
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þrætur ‘disputes’
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2. þræta (verb): argue
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ýta ‘man’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
hverr ‘Every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
forðaz ‘flee’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
mest ‘much as’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
megi ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
þvít ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
öfund ‘envi’
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ǫfund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): envy < ǫfundsamr (adj.)
samt ‘ous’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same < ǫfundsamr (adj.)
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
mæða ‘exhaust’
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2. mœða (verb): weary
ofr ‘too many’
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ofr- ((prefix)): [too many, arch] < ofrtregi (noun m.)
tregar ‘sorrows’
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tregi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): sorrow < ofrtregi (noun m.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
satt ‘the truth’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
sér ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 13) Invidiam nimio cultu vitare memento; / quae si non laedit, tamen hanc sufferre molestum ‘Remember to avoid envy with extreme care, which, even if it is not harmful, nevertheless is troublesome to endure’. The phrasing of the last l. of the Icel. text is quite close to Hsv 64/6.
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