Anon Hsv 111VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 111’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 426.
text and translation
Gálauss maðr, sá er eigi vill gott nema,
kann eigi við víti varaz;
ógæfu sinni veldr hann einn saman;
engum er ilt skapat.
Gálauss maðr, sá er eigi vill nema gott, kann eigi varaz við víti; hann veldr einn saman ógæfu sinni; engum er ilt skapat.
‘The careless man who does not want to learn good cannot guard against punishment; he alone causes his bad luck; nobody is destined to something bad.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 3) Cum sis incautus nec rem ratione gubernes, / noli fortunam, quae non est, dicere caecam ‘If you are careless and do not steer your affairs with reason, do not say that fortune is blind, which she is not’.
readings
- [2] er: so 624, om. 1199ˣ, 723aˣ
- [2] nema: vinna 723aˣ
- [3] við víti: víti at 723aˣ, við vítum 624
- [4] sinni: vinni 723aˣ
- [5] einn: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, 624, eirn 1199ˣ
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/25 - 74v/27
imagesGálauss maðr,
sá eigi vill gott nema,
kann eigi við víti varaz;
ógæfu sinni
veldr hann eirn saman;
engum er ilt skapat.Gȧlaus madur sa ei vill gott nema, kann ei | vid vijte varast. ogiæfu sinne velldur hann eirnsaman. Øngvum er | illt skapad.
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a IV 4° (720a IV) — 2r/1 - 2r/2 [4-6]
imagesGálauss maðr,
sá er eigi vill gott nema,
kann eigi við víti varaz;
ógæfu sinni
veldr hann einn saman;
engum er ilt skapat.varast ogiæfu sine welldr hann einn saman· aun|guomm er illt skapad
(TW)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 81/21 - 81/23
imagesGálauss maðr,
sá eigi vill gott vinna,
kann eigi víti at varaz;
ógæfu vinni
veldr hann einn saman;
engum er ilt skapat.Gälaus madur sá ei vill gott vinna, kann ei vı̈|te ad varast, ögiæfu vinne velldur hann einsaman | óngum er illt skapad.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 146/7 - 146/8
imagesGálauss maðr,
sá er eigi vill gott nema,
kann eigi við vítum varaz;
ógæfu sinni
veldr hann einn saman;
engum er ilt skapat.Galavs madur sa er eigi vill gott nema kan eigi vid vitvm varazt ogæfu sine ue | lldur hann einn saman avngvm er illt skapad ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 74v/1 - 74v/3
Ga̋laus madur sa̋ er ei vill gott nema, kann ei vid | vijtum varast, ögiæfu sinne velldur hann eirnn saman, óngum | er Jllt skapad.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 110: AII, 190, BII, 204, Skald II, 106-7; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 27, Gering 1907, 30, Tuvestrand 1977, 133, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 106.
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