Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 97’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 418.
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al- ((prefix)): very < 1. algegn (adj.)
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable < 1. algegn (adj.)
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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með (prep.): with
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property < aurafjǫlð (noun f.)
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fjǫlð (noun f.): multitude < aurafjǫlð (noun f.)
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
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kjósa (verb): choose
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
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2. þá (adv.): then
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
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3. ef (conj.): if
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
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mundr (noun m.; °-ar): bride-price < mundargjald (noun n.)
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return < mundargjald (noun n.)
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til (prep.): to
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
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Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 12) Uxorem fuge ne ducas sub nomine dotis, / nec retinere velis, si coeperit esse molesta ‘Flee from taking a wife for the sake of dowry, and do not wish to keep her if she begins to be burdensome’. — [4-6]: The sense seems to be: because it is known that the prospective groom is wealthy, the bride’s family will attempt to ask for an excessive mundr or bride-price. The translation here reflects the difference between the ON system of bride-price and dowry and the dowry (heimanfylgja) system implied in the Lat. distich.
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