Anon Hsv 91VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 91’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 415.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] ef þú vilt: er vill eigi 624
eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
líf ‘a life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
hafa ‘to have’
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hafa (verb): have
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
dreng ‘a good’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
manni ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < drengmaðr (noun m.): good man
dugir ‘suits’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
því ‘the’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
fleira ‘more’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
fýsir ‘’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
fleira ‘’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
færra ‘less’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
[5] sem færra nennir: er fleira nemr 624
nemr ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
nennir ‘is inclined’
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nenna (verb): strive, be inclined
[5] sem færra nennir: er fleira nemr 624
gott ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
vilja ‘’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 5) Segnitiem fugito, quae vitae ignavia fertur; / nam cum animus languet, consumit inertia corpus ‘Avoid sluggishness, which means laziness of life; for when the mind is weary, inertia consumes the body’. — [4-6]: 624 reads quite differently: því fleira fýsir, | er fleira nemr, | gott at vilja ‘he who learns more is urged to want [to do] all the more good’. The last l. is hypometrical and lacks alliteration.
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