Anon Hsv 12VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 367-8.
text and translation
Bækr ok rúnir kenn þú blíðliga;
ger þú við góða vel;
illra kvenna firr þú þik öllu lagi,
ok ráð hverjum heilt.
Kenn þú blíðliga bækr ok rúnir; ger þú vel við góða; firr þú þik öllu lagi illra kvenna, ok ráð hverjum heilt.
‘Teach with kindness books and runes; treat the good well; keep away from bad women by all means, and give everybody good advice.’
notes and context
Lat. parallels: (sent. 26) libros lege ‘read books’; (sent. 38) litteras disce ‘study literature’; (sent. 39) bono benefacito ‘do good to a good man’; (sent. 25) meretricem fuge ‘avoid a prostitute’; (sent 40) tute consule ‘give safe advice’. Two mss have nem ‘learn’ (l. 2) (so Skj B and Skald), and the Lat. parallels have more to do with learning than teaching. The importance of education is also mentioned in Sól 49. Hávm 118/3 parallels the illra kvenna of 1199ˣ (NK, 36).
readings
- [2] kenn: nem 696XV, 624
- [2] blíðliga: ‘blid[...]’ 696XV
- [3] ger þú við: ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [3] góða: góðan 696XV
- [4] illra: om. 624
- [5] lagi: samlagi 696XV
- [6] ok ráð hverjum: ‘[...]’ 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) — 72r/19 - 72r/21
imagesBækur og runer kenn | þu Blijdlega. giør þu vid ɢöda vel. illra qvenna firr þu þig óllu lagie, og | räd huórium heillt.
(VEÞ)
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AM 696 XV 4° (696XV) — 1r/13 - 1r/15
imagesBækr ok rúnir
nem þú †blid[...]†;
†[...]† góðan vel;
illra kvenna
firr þú þik öllu samlagi,
†[...]† heilt.Bækur og runer nem þu blid[...] | godan vel illra kuenna fir þu þig ollu samlagi[...] | heillt
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 140/24 - 140/26
imagesBækr ok rúnir
nem þú blíðliga;
ger þú við góða vel;
kvenna
firr þú þik öllu lagi,
ok ráð hverjum heilt.bækr ok ʀunir nemþv blidliga gior | þv uid goda uel · kuenna firr þv þic avllv lagí ʀa | d þv hverivm heíllt
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 69v/6 - 69v/9
bækur og rűn | er nem þu blijdlega, gior þu vid gőda vel. | Kuenna firr þu þig óllu læge, ra̋d þu huorium | heillt,
(VEÞ)
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AM 243 f fol (243f) — 6 - 6
imagesBæckir ok runar uenþu blidliga gi[ero] vid godan vel· illra [kvnn] f|ír þv þic ollv lagí rad þv hveríum heíllt
(TW)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 12: AII, 170, BII, 187, Skald II, 97; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 8, Gering 1907, 4, Tuvestrand 1977, 76, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 31.
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