Anon Hsv 74VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 74’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 405.
Sög ‘a tattling’
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sǫg (noun f.; °; sagir): [a tattling, saws] < sǫgvíss (adj.)
vísum ‘’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < sǫgvíss (adj.)
manni ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
skaltu ‘You must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
trúa ‘believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
rógi ‘slander’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander
rennr ‘runs’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
málugs ‘of a talkative’
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málugr (adj.; °málgan; superl. málgastr): reticent
[4] þvít málugs manns: málugra manna 624
reynaz ‘prove’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
margar ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
sögur ‘stories’
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1. saga (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): story, saga
lýða ‘of men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kind ‘for the race’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
lygi ‘lies’
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lygi (noun f.; °-; -ar/-ir(Hem544 43¹⁰n.)): lie
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 20) Noli tu quaedam referenti credere semper: / exigua est tribuenda fides, qui multa locuntur ‘Do not always believe someone who bears reports; little credence is to be paid to those who speak many things’.
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