Anon Hsv 94VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 94’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 416-17.
Aldraðr ‘an elderly’
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aldraðr (adj.): elderly
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ef ‘If’
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3. ef (conj.): if
eigi ‘’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
auði ‘’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
aurum ‘wealth’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
[2] fyrir aurum: eigi auði 624
ræðr ‘has command’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dregr ‘gathers’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
sökk ‘’
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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
vinum ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
sínum ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
góðr ‘generous’
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góðr (adj.): good
gjafa ‘with gifts’
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gjǫf (noun f.): gift
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 9) Cum tibi divitiae superent in fine senectae, / munificus facito vivas, non parcus, amicus ‘When riches abound for you at the end of old age, make sure to live as a generous friend, not a niggardly one’. Hsv 60 also deals with the topic of generosity towards friends.
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