Anon Hsv 72VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 72’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 404-5.
Af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
hyggjandi ‘intelligence’
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hyggendi (noun f.; °-/-ar(BarlReyk 107²)): wisdom
þinni ‘’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[1] sinni: þinni 624
vertu ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ó ‘un’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óhrœsinn (adj./verb p.p.)
hræsinn ‘boastful’
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hrœsinn (adj./verb p.p.): boastful < óhrœsinn (adj./verb p.p.)
unz ‘’
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2. unz (conj.): until
geraz ‘arises’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þarfir ‘need’
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þǫrf (noun f.; °þarfar; þarfar/þarfir): need
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
haldi ‘a help’
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hald (noun n.; °-s; *-): support
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
ýtum ‘to people’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
komit ‘become’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
leyniz ‘conceals’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
spakr ‘a wise man’
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spakr (adj.): quiet, gentle, wise
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
speki ‘wisdom’
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speki (noun f.; °-): wisdom
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Lat. parallels: (Dist. II, 18) Insipiens esto, cum tempus postulat ipsum, / stultitiam simulare loco, prudentia summa est ‘Be foolish when the occasion demands; to feign stupidity is at times the highest prudence’. For similar phrasing cf. Hávm 6/1-2 (NK, 18): At hyggiandi sinni | scylit maðr hrœsinn vera ‘about his intelligence no man should be boastful’ (Larrington 1996, 15). This st. is included considerably further on in 1199ˣ, with other sts that seem very much out of order (29, 66). Its inclusion here follows 624 and the Lat. text.
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