Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 300-1.
Auði né heilsu ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir, er minst of varir;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
Enginn maðr ræðr auði né heilsu, þótt honum gangi greitt; þat sækir margan, er minst of varir; enginn ræðr sjálfr sættum.
‘No man has control over riches or health, though it may go smoothly for him; what he least expects comes upon many a man; no one can set his own terms.’
The thought of sts 8-9 is paralleled in Hávm 78, which tells of the misfortune of Fitjungr’s sons.
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Auði né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt hann gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
er minst of varir;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
auð né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
minst of varar;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
Auði né †[...]lsu†
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
er minst of varir;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
Auði né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
er minst of varir;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
Auði né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
er minst of varar;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
auð né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat hendir,
er minst of varir;
enginn †r[...]† sættum sjálfr.
Auþ ne heilso | ræþr engi maþr | (þo hanom gangi greiþt) | margan þat hendir | er minz ofuarir | engi r[unr]xxx[/unr] saTom sealfr
(TW)
auð né heilsu
ræðr enginn maðr,
þótt honum gangi greitt;
margan þat sækir,
er minst of varir;
enginn ræðr sættum sjálfr.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [6]. Sólarljóð 8: AI, 629, BI, 636, Skald I, 309, NN §2146; Bugge 1867, 358, Falk 1914, 4, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 8, Fidjestøl 1979, 61, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 47, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 14, 94.
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