Anon Hsv 110VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 110’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 425-6.
text and translation
Aumr maðr telr sér einskis vant,
ef sér atvinnu á,
en inn fégjarni sýtir, þótt fullsælu hafi,
ok þykkiz válaðr vera.
Aumr maðr telr sér einskis vant, ef á sér atvinnu, en inn fégjarni sýtir, þótt hafi fullsælu, ok þykkiz vera válaðr.
‘A poor man thinks he lacks nothing if he has means of subsistence for himself, but the avaricious person complains even if he has great wealth, and thinks he is poverty-stricken.’
notes and context
Lat. parallels: (Dist. IV, 4) Dilige denarium, sed parce dilige formam. / quam nemo sanctus nec honestus captat habere ‘Love money, but love its appearance sparingly, which no one good and honest seeks to gain’; (Dist. IV, 16) Utere quaesitis opibus, fuge nomen avari; / quid tibi divitias, si semper pauper abundas ‘Make use of riches you have gained, avoid the name of miser; what use are riches to you, if you always live like a poor man?’.
readings
- [1] Aumr: angrlauss 624
- [2-3] so 723aˣ, 624, ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant 1199ˣ
- [3] sér: hann 624
- [3] á: fær 723aˣ
- [4] en: om. 723aˣ
- [4] inn fégjarni: so 624, ágjarn 1199ˣ, 723aˣ
- [5] þótt: þótt hann 624
- [6] þykkiz: þykkiz æ 723aˣ
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) — 74v/23 - 74v/25
imagesAumr maðr
ef sér atvinnu á telr sér einskis vant ,
,
en ágjarn sýtir,
þótt fullsælu hafi,
ok þykkiz válaðr vera.Aumur madur ef sier atvin | nu [...][4] ä, telur sier einskis vant, enn ägiarn sijtir þo fullsælu hafi | og þikist voladur vera.
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 81/18 - 81/20
imagesAumr maðr
telr sér einskis vant,
ef sér atvinnu fær,
ágjarn sýtir,
þótt fullsælu hafi,
ok þykkiz æ válaðr vera.aumur madur telur sier einskis vant, ef sier atvinnu | fær, ägiarn syter þo (full) sælu hafe, og þykest æ voladur vera.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 146/5 - 146/6
imagesangrlauss maðr
telr sér einskis vant,
ef hann atvinnu á,
en inn fégjarni sýtir,
þótt hann fullsælu hafi,
ok þykkiz válaðr vera.Angur lavs madur telr sier einskis uant ef hann | atvínv ꜳ̋ en in fegiarne syter þott hann fvllsælv hafi ok þicizt uoladur vera · |
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 74r/20 - 74r/22
Ängurlaus madur telur sier einkis vant, | ef hann Atuinnu ä, enn hinn fiegiarne sijter þö hann | fullsælu hafa, og þikest ⸌æ⸍ voladur vera. ⸝gälaus madur,⸜ ||
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 109: AII, 189, BII, 204, Skald II, 106; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 27, Gering 1907, 30, Tuvestrand 1977, 132, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 105.
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