Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 388-9.
Ljótlig vömm ef þú lasta vilt,
drýgðu eigi sjálfr in sömu;
annan samir þér eigi at lasta,
ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.
Ef þú vilt lasta ljótlig vömm, drýgðu eigi sjálfr in sömu; samir þér eigi at lasta annan, ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.
‘If you want to censure ugly faults, do not commit the same yourself; it does not beseem you to blame another if you are sinful yourself.’
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 30) Quae culpare soles, ea tu ne feceris ipse: / turpe est doctori, cum culpa redarguat ipsum ‘Those things you are accustomed to blame do not do yourself; it is bad for a teacher when his fault refutes himself’. The same topic is dealt with in Sól 15.
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.
Liötleg Vóm ef þu lasta | villt, drýg þu ei sialfur hin sómu, Annann somir þier ei ad lasta, ef þu ert | sýndugur sialfur.
(VEÞ)
Ljótlig vömm
ef þú lasta vilt,
drýgðu eigi sjálfr it sama ;
annan samir þér
eigi at lasta,
ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.
Liötlig vómm ef þu lat villt, dryg ei siälfur hid sama | annann sæmer þier eı̈ ad lasta, ef þ ert syndungur siäl//fur.
(TW)
Ljótlig vömm
ef þú †[...]asta vill† ,
drýgðu eigi sjálfr it sama ;
annan lasta samir þér eigi vel
,
ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.
Liotleg vom ef þv | [...]asta vill drygdv þav ei sialfr ed sama· annan lasta samer þier ei vel ef þv ert | syndavdgvr sialfr
(VEÞ)
Ljótlig verk
ef þú lasta vilt,
drýgðu eigi sjálfr ;
því lýta samir þér eigi
,
ef þú veiz þik syndugan sjálfan .
liottlig verk ef þu lasta villt dryg þav eigi sialfur þvi anan | lytv samer þier eigi · ef þu ueizt þik syndvgan sialfan
(VEÞ)
liötleg verk eff þu ⸝lasta,⸜ || lasta villt, drijg þau ei siälfur, þui annan lijta sömer þier | ei, ef þu veist þig syndugan siälffan .
(VEÞ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 45: AII, 178, BII, 193, Skald II, 100-1; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 14, Gering 1907, 13, Tuvestrand 1977, 96, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 57.
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