Anon Hsv 85VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 85’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 411-12.
óvinum ‘’
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óvinr (noun m.): enemy
notes
[1] draumum ‘dreams’: 624 and the copy of it in AM 148 8°ˣ (fol. 73r, l. 18) have óvinum ‘enemies’, although Skj A reads ‘Dvmum’. The reading in 624 might have been influenced by Sól 19.
sínum ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
skulu ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[2] skulu eigi dróttir: skyldi dróttir eigi 624
dróttir ‘Men’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
[2] skulu eigi dróttir: skyldi dróttir eigi 624
trúa ‘believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
tæla ‘deceive’
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tæla (verb): entice
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
seggi ‘’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
sofanda ‘when asleep’
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sofandi (noun m.; °; sofendr): sleeping man, asleep
[4] sofanda: sofandi 1199ˣ, 624
þykkir ‘appears’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sjálfr ‘self’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
meðan ‘’
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meðan (conj.): while
vakir ‘awake’
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4. vaka (verb): awaken
æskir ‘wishes’
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œska (noun f.; °-u): youth
sér ‘for him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
óaz ‘fears’
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óa (verb): fear, be afraid at
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 31) Somnia ne cures, nam mens humana quod optat, / dum vigilat, sperat, per somnum cernit id ipsum ‘Do not pay attention to dreams; for the human mind hopes for what it wishes for while it is asleep, [and] through dreaming recognises that very thing [i.e. what it wishes for]’.
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