Anon Hsv 32VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 380.
text and translation
Ungr skal venjaz því er þarf aldraðr at hafa;
varaztu við löst, meðan lifir;
ávítunarlaust máttu eigi elligar
dæma um seggja siðu.
Ungr skal venjaz því er aldraðr þarf at hafa; varaztu við löst, meðan lifir; máttu eigi elligar dæma ávítunarlaust um siðu seggja.
‘When young one must get used to what is needed when old; beware of faults while you are alive; otherwise you cannot judge men’s morals without blame.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 16) Multorum cum facta senex et dicta reprendas, / fac tibi succurrant, iuvenis quae feceris ipse ‘When, having grown old, you censure the deeds and sayings of many, let those things come to your mind that you yourself did as a youth’. The content is quite similar to Has 42.
readings
- [1] Ungr skal: ‘[...]skyldi’ 696XV
- [2] þarf: om. 723aˣ, skal 696XV
- [2] aldraðr: ‘aldraur’ 696XV, gamall 624
- [2] at: ‘ætte [...]’ 723aˣ
- [3] varaztu: ok varaz 696XV, ‘var[...]’ 401ˣ
- [3] við: om. 723aˣ
- [3] löst: so 401ˣ, 624, löstu 1199ˣ, löstu æ 723aˣ, laus 696XV
- [3] lifir: ‘[...]’ 696XV, ‘li[...]’ 624
- [4] ávítunarlaust: ‘[...]ítalaust’ 696XV, ávítalaust 401ˣ, þvíat ávítunarlaust 624
- [5] eigi: aldri 723aˣ
- [5] elligar: om. 624
- [6] seggja: annarra manna 624
- [6] siðu: ‘si[...]’ 401ˣ, siðu alla 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) — 72v/19 - 72v/20
imagesUngr skal venjaz
því er þarf aldraðr at hafa;
varaztu við löstu, meðan lifir;
ávítunarlaust
máttu eigi elligar
dæma um seggja siðu.Vngur skal veniast þui er þarf Alldradur ad hafa. Varast þu vid lóstu | medan lifer, Avijtunarlaust mättu ei ellegar dæma umm seggia sidu |
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 78/20 - 78/22
imagesUngr skal venjaz
því er aldraðr †ætte [...]† hafa;
varaztu löstu æ, meðan lifir;
ávítunarlaust
máttu aldri elligar
dæma um seggja siðu.Vngur skal veniast þui er alldradur ætte [...]| hafa, varastu lóstu æ medan lifer, ävı̈tunar laust | mättu alldrei ellegar dæma umm seggia sidu.
(TW)
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AM 696 XV 4° (696XV) — 1v/7 - 1v/8
images†[...]skyldi† venjaz
því er skal †aldraur† at hafa;
ok varaz við laus, meðan †[...]†;
†[...]ítalaust†
máttu eigi elligar
dæma um seggja siðu.[...]sky⸌l⸍di veniazt þui er skal al.draur at hafa og uaraz uid lavs | [...]ítalaust mattu eigi elligar dæma um seiggia sidu
(VEÞ)
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JS 401 4°x (401x) — 1r/16 - 1r/17
Ungr skal venjaz
því er þarf aldraðr at hafa;
†var[...]† við löst, meðan lifir;
ávítalaust
máttu eigi elligar
dæma um seggja †si[...]†.Wngr skal veniazt þvi er þarf alldradr at hafa· var[...] | þv vid laust medan lifer· Avitalavst mättv ei ellegar dæma vm seggia si[...] |
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 142/7 - 142/8
imagesUngr skal venjaz
því er þarf gamall at hafa;
varaztu við löst, meðan †li[...]†;
þvíat ávítunarlaust
máttu eigi
dæma um annarra manna siðu alla.ungur skal ueniaz þvi er þarf gamall at hafa · uaraztu vid laust medan li [...] | þviat auitunar laust mattú eigi dæma um anara manna sidu alla
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 70v/18 - 70v/21
v̈ngur skal þui veniast, er þarff | gamall ad hafa, varastu vid lóst medan liffer, þviat | a̋uijtunar laust ma̋ttu ei dæma vm annara manna | sidu.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 32: AII, 175, BII, 191, Skald II, 99; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 12, Gering 1907, 9, Tuvestrand 1977, 89, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 46/47.
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