Anon Hsv 107VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 107’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 424.
text and translation
Bana sinn hræðaz skal eigi bragna hverr,
þvít hann er endir ills;
góðum mönnum, þeim er grand varaz,
dauði ok líf dugir.
Hverr bragna skal eigi hræðaz bana sinn, þvít hann er endir ills; dauði ok líf dugir góðum mönnum, þeim er varaz grand.
‘Every man must not fear his death, because it is the end of evil; death and life help good men who are wary of sin.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. III, 22) Fac tibi proponas mortem non esse timendam, / quae bona si non est, finis tamen illa malorum est ‘Make sure to declare to yourself that death is not to be feared; for even if it is not good, it is the end of evils’.
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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) — 74v/18 - 74v/19
imagesBana sinn hrædast skal ei Bragna huór þui hann er ender | ills. Gödum monnum þeim er grand varast, dꜹdi og lijf dugier |
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 81/11 - 81/13
imagesBana sinn hræðaz
skalt eigi bragna lið,
þvít hann er endir ills;
góðum mönnum,
þeim er grand varaz,
dauði ok líf dugir.Bana sinn hrædast skalt ei bragna lid, þui hann er | ender illz; gödum mónnum þeim er grand varast, dau|de og lı̈f duger.
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 106: AII, 189, BII, 203, Skald II, 106; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 27, Gering 1907, 29, Tuvestrand 1977, 130, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 103.
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