Anon Mhkv 28III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 28’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1241.
Geta ‘be related’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gengit ‘passed’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
gerir ‘does’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
betr ‘better’
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betr (adv.; °superl. bezt/bazt; pos. vel adv.): better
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
annan ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
svefr ‘soothes’
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svefja (verb): lull to sleep, soothe
víst ‘for certain’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
hvat ‘what’
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hvat (pron.): what
verða ‘happen’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
kann ‘can’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
villa ‘to lead astray’
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2. villa (verb): lead astray, lead
er ‘it is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
dælst ‘easiest’
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dæll (adj.; °dǽlan; compar. dǽlli/dǽllri(FriðB 48¹), superl. dǽlstr): easy
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
notes
[5] of: Note the correct use of the expletive particle (see Note to st. 10/5).
heimskan ‘a foolish’
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heimskr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): foolish
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Fláráðum ‘the deceitful’
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fláráð (noun n.): [deceitful]
má ‘One can’
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mega (verb): may, might
notes
[5] trautt ‘scarcely’: Lit. ‘unwillingly, reluctantly’. Jón Sigurðsson emended ms. ‘sistz’ to restore the alliteration; the scribe may have been influenced by the three non-alliterating words beginning with s- in the next line. The emendation is conjectural.
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
trúa ‘trust’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
til ‘toward’
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til (prep.): to
sín ‘oneself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
skyldi ‘one should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
inu ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
betra ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
snúa ‘turn’
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snúa (verb): turn
hugga ‘console’
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hugga (verb): comfort
skal ‘one must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
harm ‘sorrow’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
beðit ‘suffered’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
hølzti ‘exceedingly’
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hølzti (adv.): [exceedingly]
mjǫk ‘much’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
flestu ‘most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
kveðit ‘decreed’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
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What has passed can be related; he does better who soothes another; I know not for certain what can happen; it is easiest to lead astray a foolish man. One can scarcely trust the deceitful; one should turn what is better toward oneself; one must console him who has suffered sorrow; exceedingly much is decreed about most.
[1]: Cf. Grettis saga (Gr ch. 40, ÍF 7, 137): þess verðr þó getit, sem gǫrt er ‘what is done shall be told all the same’. — [5]: Similar advice is provided in Anon Hsv 42/1-3VII fláráðs manns orði, | þótt fagrt mæli, | þarftu eigi þeim at trúa ‘you need not believe the word of a deceitful man, even though he may speak fair’. Parallels in phrasing occur in Hávm 45. Cf. Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa (BjH ch. 11, ÍF 3, 138). — [7]: Cf. Anon Sól 26/4-5VII grættan gæla | skaltu með góðum hlutum ‘you must comfort the weeping one with good things’.
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