Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 66’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 401.
Friðsamr við annan skyldi firða hverr,
þótt hann meira megi;
opt sá hefniz, er halloki verðr,
ok vegr síðan sigr.
Hverr firða skyldi friðsamr við annan, þótt hann megi meira; opt hefniz sá, er halloki verðr, ok vegr sigr síðan.
‘Every man should be peaceable towards another, although he may be stronger; often he who is defeated avenges himself, and later wins victory.’
Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 10) Cui scieris non esse parem te, tempore cede: / victorem a victo superari saepe videmus ‘Yield at times to one whom you know not to be your equal; we frequently see the victor conquered by the loser’. This st. occurs first between sts 67 and 68 in 1199ˣ but is placed here in accordance with the order of the disticha. — [1-2]: These ll. are the same as st. 52/4-5. — [4-6]: 401ˣ renders the rest of the st.: sá er vill hæstan tír hafa ‘he who wants to have the highest glory’.
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.
Fridsamur vid annann skylldi fir | da huór þött hann meira meigi Opt sa hefnist er halloki verdür og vegur | sijdan sigur.
(VEÞ)
Friðsamr vera
skyldi firða hverr,
þótt hann meira megi;
opt sá hefniz,
er halloki verðr,
ok vinnr síðan sigr.
fridsamur vera skilldi firda huor, þott | hann meira meigi. Opt sa hefnist er halloki verdur, og vinnur sijdan Sigur. |
(VEÞ)
Friðsamr †[...] annan†
skyldi firða hverr,
þótt hann meira megi;
opt sá hefniz,
er halloki verðr,
ok vegr síðan sigr.
fridsamur | [...] annann skylldi fyrda huer Sa er vill hæstan tir hafa· |
(VEÞ)
offt sä hefnest, er halloka fer, | og vinnur vmm sijder sigur inn vænsta.
(VEÞ)
Friðsamr vera
skyldi firða hverr,
þótt hann mikit megi;
opt er sá hrendr ,
er halloka verðr,
ok vegr um síðir sigr.
Fridsamur vera skildi | fyrda hverr þott hann micit meigi opt er sa hrenndur er halloka verdur ok vegr | vm sider sigur ·
(VEÞ)
Friðsamr þú vert
við annan ,
þótt minna megi;
opt sá hefniz,
er halloka verðr,
ok vegr um síðir sigr.
Fridsamur þv | vert uid annann þott mínna meigi opt sa hefniz er halloka verdur ok vegur um sider | sigur
(VEÞ)
Fridsamur þu | vert vid annan þö ad minna mege, offt sä hefnist er | halloka verdur og vegur vm sijder sigur.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 67: AII, 182, BII, 196-7, Skald II, 102-3; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 18, Gering 1907, 19, Tuvestrand 1977, 109, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 74.
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