Anon Hsv 116VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 116’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 429-30.
text and translation
Ofdrykkju forðaz; * hon drýgir erfiði;
svá skal við vífin varaz;
líkams lestir tæla lýða hvern,
er í sællífi sitr.
Forðaz ofdrykkju; * hon drýgir erfiði; svá skal varaz við vífin; líkams lestir tæla hvern lýða, er sitr í sællífi.
‘Avoid too much drinking; * it causes hardship; thus one must guard against women; vices of the body entrap every man who keeps to a wealthy way of life.’
notes and context
Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 10) Cum te detineat Veneris damnosa voluptas, / indulgere gulae noli, quae ventris amica est ‘When the cursed pleasure of Venus holds you in its grasp, do not indulge in gluttony, which is a friend of the stomach’. (Dist. IV, 24) Hoc bibe, quo possis, si vis tu, vivere sanus: / morbi causa mali est homini quaecumque voluptas ‘Drink what you are able, if you wish to live healthy; the cause of bad disease to a man is most frequently some kind of pleasure’. Cf. also Hsv 133. The advice not to drink too much is also expressed in several sts of Hávm (e.g. 11, 12, 19). The advice to beware of physical desire is also mentioned in Sól 71.
readings
- [2] *: en 1199ˣ, því 720a IV, 723aˣ, ok 624
- [2] hon: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, om. 1199ˣ, 624
- [2] drýgir erfiði: so 720a IV, drýg erfiði 1199ˣ, 624, erfiði drýgir 723aˣ
- [3] skal: skal ok 720a IV, skaltu ok 723aˣ
- [3] við: om. 723aˣ
- [3] vífin: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, meinum 1199ˣ, vífni 624
- [4] lestir: losti 624
- [5] tæla: tælir 624
sources
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.
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Lbs 1199 4°x (1199x) — 74v/34 - 75r/2
imagesOfdrykkju forðaz;
en drýg erfiði ;
svá skal við meinum varaz;
líkams lestir
tæla lýða hvern,
er í sællífi sitr.Ofdryckiu fordast, enn | drijg Erfidi, so skal vid meinum varast. Lijkams lestir tæla lijda huorn er | i sæl-lijfe situr.
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a IV 4° (720a IV) — 2r/13 - 2r/16
imagesOfdrykkju forðaz;
því hon drýgir erfiði;
svá skal ok við vífin varaz;
líkams lestir
tæla lýða hvern,
er í sællífi sitr.Of dryckiu fordast | þui· hun drygier erfidi· Suo skal ok wid wýf|ín warast· Lýkams lester tæla lyda | huern er j sæl lyfi Situr
(TW)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 82/12 - 82/14
imagesOfdrykkju forðaz;
því hon erfiði drýgir ;
svá skaltu ok vífin varaz;
líkams lestir
tæla lýða hvern,
er í sællífi sitr.Ofdryckiu fordast, þui hun erfide dryger, so | skalltu og vı̈fen varast, lı̈kams lester tæla lyda hvern | er j sællı̈fe situr.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 146/13 - 146/14
imagesOfdrykkju forðaz;
ok drýg erfiði ;
svá skal við vífni varaz;
líkams losti
tælir lýða hvern,
er í sællífi sitr.Ofdryciv þv fordaz ok dryg erfide so skal vid vifne uaraz likams losti te᷎ler ly | da hvernn er j sællifi situr ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 74v/10 - 74v/12
Ofdryckiu þu fordast, og drijg erff | ide, suo skal og vid vijfe varast, lijkams loste | tæler lijda huern, er i sællijfe situr. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 115: AII, 191, BII, 205, Skald II, 107, NN §2593; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 28, Gering 1907, 31, Tuvestrand 1977, 135, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 109.
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