Anon Hsv 79VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 79’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 408.
Marg ‘A very’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margsnotr (adj.)2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margvitr (adj.): [wise in many ways]
[1] Margsnotr: margvitr 624
vitr ‘’
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vitr (adj.): wise < margvitr (adj.): [wise in many ways]
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
sá ‘’
[2] sá: om. 624
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fyrir ‘with’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
meinum ‘misfortunes’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
verðr ‘meets’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
láti ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
sinn ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[3] sinn eigi: eigi sinn 624
hryggja ‘distress’
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hryggja (verb): distress
hug ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
góðs ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vænta ‘expect’
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2. vænta (verb): hope, expect
gunna ‘’
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gunnr (noun f.): battle
seggja ‘’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
notes
[5] gumna ‘of men’: 1199ˣ’s seggja does not provide alliteration, whereas 624’s gunna ‘of wars’ is clearly an error. AM 148 8°ˣ, a copy of 624, has gumna. Cf. sts 81/5 and 87/3, where the scribe of 624 also has written gunn- for gumn-.
hverr ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
þótt ‘although’
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þó (adv.): though
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sé ‘may be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
dæmdr ‘sentenced’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 25) Rebus in adversis animum submittere noli; / spem retine: spes una hominem nec morte relinquit ‘Do not lower your courage when things go wrong; keep up hope: hope alone does not desert a man, not even in death’. The phrasing of the last two ll. is very close to Hsv 34. A similar topic is dealt with in Sól 34.
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