Anon Hsv 102VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 102’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 421.
text and translation
Unnins vítis dyli engi maðr,
ef veit á sik sakir;
sinna verka mun seggja hverr
laun með leigum taka.
Engi maðr dyli unnins vítis, ef veit sakir á sik; hverr seggja mun taka laun sinna verka með leigum.
‘No man may conceal a deserved punishment if he knows he is guilty; every man will take the reward for his deeds with interest.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 17) Quod merito pateris, patienter perfer id ipsum, / cumque reus tibi sis, ispum te iudice damna ‘That which you bear deservedly, endure it patiently, and when you stand as a defendant before yourself, judge yourself strictly’. Line 3 corresponds to st. 33/6. Lines 4-6 are the same as st. 77/4-6 in 624.
readings
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) — 74r/32 - 74v/1
imagesVnnins vijtis dil | ie eingi madur., ef veit a sig sakir, sinna verka mun seggia huór, laun med || leigum taca.
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 144/17 - 144/18 [4-6]
imagesUnnins vítis
dyli engi maðr,
ef veit á sik sakir;
sinna verka
skal seggja hverr
laun með leigum taka.sina verka skal segia hverr lavn med leigum | taka
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 78 [var], 78/4-6: AII, 184, BII, 198-9, Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 25, Gering 1907, 27, Tuvestrand 1977, 128, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 99.
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