Anon Hsv 7VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 364-5.
Afli ‘strength’
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afli (noun m.; °-a): [strength]
deila ‘test’
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2. deila (verb; °-ld-): share out, deal
[1, 2] deila þú: so 624, þú deila 1199ˣ, deila 696XV
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[1, 2] deila þú: so 624, þú deila 1199ˣ, deila 696XV
skalt ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
þér ‘your’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[3] þér við: so 696XV, 624, ‘[...]’ 1199ˣ
meiri ‘’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
máttugra ‘a mightier’
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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty
[3] máttugra mann: meiri menn 624
athafa ‘’
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atháfa (noun f.): ?
öflgann ‘strengthened’
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ǫflga (verb): strengthen
[4] öflgann: ‘aulfgan’ 696XV, ‘afgan’ 624
skaltu ‘you must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
við ‘for’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
alt ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hjú ‘household’
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hjú (noun n.; °; -): husband and wife, household
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Lat. parallels: (sent. 10) maiori concede ‘give way to your superior’; (sent. 14) diligentiam adhibe ‘practise diligence’; (sent. 15) familiam cura ‘take care of your household’.
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