Anon Mhkv 10III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 10’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1224.
Sitt ‘His own’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
mein ‘pain’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
þykkir ‘seems’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
sárast ‘the sorest’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
hveim ‘to each man’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
sáttargǫrð ‘terms of settlement’
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sáttargerð (noun f.): terms of settlement
notes
[2] sáttargǫrð er ætluð tveim ‘it takes two to arrange terms of settlement’: Lit. ‘terms of settlement are assigned to two’.
er ‘it takes’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[2] sáttargǫrð er ætluð tveim ‘it takes two to arrange terms of settlement’: Lit. ‘terms of settlement are assigned to two’.
ætluð ‘to arrange’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
notes
[2] sáttargǫrð er ætluð tveim ‘it takes two to arrange terms of settlement’: Lit. ‘terms of settlement are assigned to two’.
tveim ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
notes
[2] sáttargǫrð er ætluð tveim ‘it takes two to arrange terms of settlement’: Lit. ‘terms of settlement are assigned to two’.
oddamaðr ‘an arbitrator’
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oddamaðr (noun m.): [an arbitrator]
fæsk ‘is brought’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
inn ‘in’
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2. inn (art.): the
þriði ‘as a third’
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þriði (num. ordinal): third
jafntrúr ‘equally fair’
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jafntrúr (adj.): [equally fair]
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hvárra ‘to both’
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hvárr (pron.): who, which, what, whether
liði ‘sides’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
Engi ‘No one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
notes
[5] of: Correct use of the expletive particle; see also sts 13/1, 19/7, 28/5 and Introduction above. Fidjestøl (1989b) largely confirms the conclusion of Kuhn (1929a) that the of-um particle is used with declining frequency between C9th and C13th; if so, Mhkv and Bjbp JómsI, not to mention Þry, are exceptional.
dœmir ‘passes sentence’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
sjálfan ‘on’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
sik ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
slíkt ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
ætlak ‘I suppose’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
henda ‘will happen’
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henda (verb): catch, seize
mik ‘to me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
ýta ‘of men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
lið ‘the troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
þótt ‘though’
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þótt (conj.): although
alt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
fari ‘go’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
byrst ‘bristling’
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byrsta (verb; °-rst-): bristle
notes
[7] byrst ‘bristling’: Adj., p. p. of byrsta ‘with raised hackles, angry’ (ONP: byrsta 2). This is the only time in verse that the verb refers to a person.
engi ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
læzk ‘allows’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
valda ‘that he caused’
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valda (verb): cause
fyrst ‘first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
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His own pain seems the sorest to each man; it takes two to arrange terms of settlement; often an arbitrator is brought in as a third; he must be equally fair to both sides. No one passes sentence on himself; I suppose such will happen to me now; though all the troop of men go bristling, no one allows that he caused that first.
[1]: For similar proverbs, see Ísl. Málsh.: mein, sár. — [2-4]: The compounds beginning each of these three lines are not attested elsewhere in verse but are staples of C13th legal and homiletic prose. — [5]: For other examples of this proverb, see Ísl. Málsh.: dæma.
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