Anon Hsv 126VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 126’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 435-6.
text and translation
Örlög sín viti engi fyrir
né um þat önn ali;
flestir þat vita, at mun flærðvörum
dauði ok líf duga.
Engi viti örlög sín fyrir né ali önn um þat; flestir vita þat, at dauði ok líf mun duga flærðvörum.
‘Let no-one know his destiny beforehand, nor show concern about it; most know that death and life will help the deceit-wary.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 22) Multum venturi ne cures tempora fati: / non metuit mortem, qui scit contemnere vitam ‘Do not worry much about the times of fate which will come; he does not fear death who knows how to spurn life’. — [1-3]: These ll. are close in content to Hávm 56/4-6.
readings
- [2] viti: veit 723aˣ, skyldi 624
- [2] fyrir: maðr fyrir 723aˣ, maðr 624
- [3] önn ali: veit neitt tala 624
- [4] flestir þat vita: hitt vita flestir 624
- [5] mun: mun eigi 624
- [5] ‑vörum: ‘v[...]vdvm’ 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) — 75r/21 - 75r/22
imagesØrlóg sijn vite eingi fyrer nie um þad | ónn ale. flester þad vita ad mun flærdvórum, daudi og lijf duga.
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 84/6 - 84/8
imagesÖrlög sín
veit engi maðr fyrir
né um þat önn ali;
flestir þat vita,
at mun flærðvörum
dauði ok líf duga.Aurlaug sı̈n veit einge madur fyrer, nie umm þad | ónn ale, flester þad vita ad mun flærd vorum
daudedaude og lı̈f duga.(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 146/23 - 146/25
imagesÖrlög sín
skyldi engi maðr
né um þat veit neitt tala ;
hitt vita flestir ,
at mun eigi flærð†v[...]vdvm†
dauði ok líf duga.Aurlog sínn skyldi eíngi madur vita | ne um þat neitt tala hitt vita flester at eigi mvn flærd u[...]vdvm da | udi ok lif duga ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 75r/4 - 75r/6
Aurlóg sijn skylde eingen madur vita, | nie vmm þad neitt tala, hitt vita flester ad ei | mun flærd, vȯrudum daude, og lijff driüga. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 125: AII, 193, BII, 206, Skald II, 108, NN §21B; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 29, Gering 1907, 34, Tuvestrand 1977, 140, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 116.
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