Anon Hsv 93VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 93’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 416.
hlæja ‘laugh’
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hlæja (verb): laugh
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vilt ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
horskr ‘wise’
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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
annars ‘another’s’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
ó ‘ill’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ófǫr (noun f.): [defeat]
förum ‘luck’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement < ófǫr (noun f.): [defeat]
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] opt þeir: þeir opt 624
hefnaz ‘take revenge’
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hefna (verb): avenge
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hlegnir ‘laughed at’
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hlæja (verb): laugh
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
líku ‘with like’
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líkr (adj.): like
líkt ‘like’
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líkr (adj.): like
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 7) Alterius factum ac dictum ne carpseris umquam, / exemplo simili ne te derideat alter ‘Never criticise the saying or deed of another, lest the other man deride you in similar fashion’. — [4-5]: These ll. are similar to st. 56/4-5. A similar topic is dealt with in st. 121. Cf. also Hávm 132/5-7 (NK, 38): at háði né hlátri | hafðu aldregi | gest né ganganda ‘never hold up to scorn or mockery a guest or a wanderer’ (Larrington 1996, 33).
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