Anon Hsv 95VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 95’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 417.
Gott ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
ráð ‘advice’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
nema ‘take’
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1. nema (verb): to take
gumna ‘person’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
hverr ‘Every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
þótt ‘even if’
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þó (adv.): though
þý ‘female’
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þý (noun f.; °-jar/-ar, acc. -ju; -jar): bondswoman
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
þræll ‘male slave’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
óauðgan ‘’
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óauðigr (adj.)
ánauðgan ‘an enslaved’
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ánauðigr (adj.; °·nauðgan; compar. ·nauðgari): oppressed, enslaved
[4] ánauðgan: so 624, óauðgan 1199ˣ
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hygg ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
vera ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
frjálsum ‘than a free one’
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frjáls (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): free
fróðara ‘wiser’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 10) Utile consilium dominus ne despice servi; / nullius sensum, si prodest, tempseris unquam ‘As a master do not despise the useful counsel of your servant [or ‘slave’]; never spurn anyone’s advice, if it is useful’.
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