Anon Hsv 21VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 21’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 373.
text and translation
Ef at ýta lífi hyggr þú öllu saman
ok sér þeira siðu,
þat þú þá finnr, er fira reynir:
fár er vamma varr.
Ef þú hyggr at ýta lífi öllu saman ok sér þeira siðu, þá finnr þú þat, er reynir fira: fár er varr vamma.
‘If you consider men’s life altogether and look at their customs, then you notice that, when you try people: few are free of blemishes.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 5) Si vitam inspicias hominum, si denique mores, / cum culpant alios: nemo sine crimine vivit ‘If you look at the life of those men (and their ways of life) who find fault with others, [you will find that] nobody lives without fault’.
readings
- [1] Ef at: ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [1] lífi: liði 696XV
- [2] öllu saman: allra saman 696XV, vandliga 624
- [3] sér: ‘si[...]ꜳ̋’ 696XV, sér þú 401ˣ
- [3] þeira siðu: þeira siðu grant 723aˣ, ‘siðu þeir[...]’ 696XV
- [4] þat þú: ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [4] þá: om. 720a IV, 723aˣ, 401ˣ, 624, ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [4] finnr: finnr þá 723aˣ, ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [5] er: so 696XV, ef 1199ˣ, ef þú 720a IV, þá 723aˣ, þat þú 401ˣ, er þú 624
- [5] fira: so 624, fyrða 1199ˣ, 720a IV, 723aˣ, 696XV, om. 401ˣ
- [5] reynir: ‘reyne[...]’ 401ˣ
- [6] fár er: at fáir er 723aˣ, 696XV, at fáir eru 401ˣ, er færri 624
- [6] vamma: vámi 696XV
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/3 - 72v/4
imagesEf at ýta lífi
hyggr þú öllu saman
ok sér þeira siðu,
þat þú þá finnr,
ef fyrða reynir:
fár er vamma varr.Ef ad jtalı̈fe higgur þu óllusaman og sier þeira sidu. Þad þu þa finnur | ef firda reiner, fär er vamma var.
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a IV 4° (720a IV) — 1v/6 - 1v/8
imagesEf at ýta lífi
hyggr þú öllu saman
ok sér þeira siðu,
þat þú finnr,
ef þú fyrða reynir:
fár er vamma varr.E f ath yta lijfi hyggur þu aullu saman ok Sier þ|eiʀa sidu þath þu finnur ef þu fyrda ʀ|eynir fꜳr er wamma war |
(TW)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 77/14 - 77/16
imagesEf at ýta lífi
hyggr þú öllu saman
ok sér þeira siðu grant ,
þat þú finnr þá,
þá fyrða reynir:
at fáir er vamma varr.Ef ad yta lı̈fe hyggur þu óllu saman, og sier þeirra | sidu grant, þad þu finnur þä firda reyner, ad fär er | vamm var.
(TW)
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AM 696 XV 4° (696XV) — 1r/27 - 1r/28
images†[...]† ýta liði
hyggr þú allra saman
ok †si[...]ꜳ̋ siðu þeir[...]† ,
†[...]† †[...]†,
er fyrða reynir:
at fáir er vámi varr.yta lidi hygur þu allra saman og si[...] ꜳ̋ sidu þeir [...] | er fyrda reyner at faer er uame uar
(VEÞ)
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JS 401 4°x (401x) — 1r/2 - 1r/3
Ef at ýta lífi
hyggr þú öllu saman
ok sér þú þeira siðu,
þat þú finnr,
þat þú †reyne[...]†:
at fáir eru vamma varr.Ef at yta life hyggr þv avllv saman· Og sieʀ þv þeira sidv þat þv reyne[...] | at faer erv vamma var =
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 141/14 - 141/15
imagesEf at ýta lífi
hyggr þú vandliga
ok sér þeira siðu,
þat þú finnr,
er þú fira reynir:
er færri vamma varr.ef at yta life hygur þu vandliga ok ser | þeira sidv þat þu finur er þu fíra reyner er fer e uama · uar ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 70r/9 - 70r/11
Ef ad Jta lijfe higgur | þu vandlega, og sier þeirra sidu, þad þu finnur | er þu firra reiner, er ferr vamma var. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 21: AII, 172, BII, 189, Skald II, 98; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 10, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 549, Gering 1907, 6, Tuvestrand 1977, 82, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 38.
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