Anon Hsv 73VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 73’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 405.
Fé ‘avarice’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money < fégirni (noun f.)
girni ‘’
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girni (noun f.) < fégirni (noun f.)
rangri ‘from wrongful’
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rangr (adj.): wrong, false
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
firra ‘’
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2. firra (verb): keep (from), remove
þik ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þér ‘yourself’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] forða þér: firra þik 624
ljót ‘ugly’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
líkams ‘of the body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
munúð ‘desire’
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munúð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): pleasure
orð ‘’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðstírr (noun m.): glory
stír ‘reputation’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < orðstírr (noun m.): glory
góðan ‘’
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góðr (adj.): good
getr ‘gets’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
aldri ‘’
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aldri (adv.): never
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] hann: om. 624
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
syndum ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 19) Luxuriam fugito, simul et vitare memento / crimen avaritiae; nam sunt contraria famae ‘Shun luxury, and also remember to avoid the accusation of avarice; for they are inimical to good repute’. Avarice is also dealt with in Hsv 22, 44, 56, 96, 97. Cf. also Sól 10, 18.
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