Anon Hsv 121VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 121’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 432-3.
Almanna lof ef þú eignaz vilt
ok heita góðr með gum*um,
annars ógæfu fagna þú aldrigi;
sé þín æ at góðu getit.
Ef þú vilt eignaz almanna lof ok heita góðr með gum*um, fagna þú aldrigi ógæfu annars; sé þín æ getit at góðu.
If you want to acquire general praise and be called good among men, never rejoice in another’s misfortune; always be mentioned as good.
Mss: 1199ˣ(75r), 723aˣ(83), 624(146)
Readings: [2] vilt: vilir 624 [3] gum*um: gumnum all [4] annars ógæfu: ógiptu annars 624 [6] sé þín æ: æ sé þin 723aˣ, ger þér 624; getit: gaman 624
Editions: Skj AII, 192, Skj BII, 205-6, Skald II, 107; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 29, Gering 1907, 33, Tuvestrand 1977, 138, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 113.
Notes: [All]: Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 17) Si famam servare cupis, dum vivis, honestam, / fac fugias animo, quae sunt mala gaudia vitae ‘If you want to keep a good reputation while you are alive, make sure to avoid in mind those things which are evil joys of life’. — [3] gum*um ‘men’: Emended from ms. ‘gumnum’ for metrical purposes. Cf. Note to st. 59/3. — [6]: The l. in 624 (also Skj B, Skald) reads: ger þér at góðu gaman ‘take pleasure in what is good’.
References
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- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Tuvestrand, Birgitta, ed. 1977. Hugsvinnsmál: Handskrifter och kritisk text. Lundastudier i nordisk språkvetenskap A:29. Lund: Blom.
- Hermann Pálsson, ed. 1985a. Áhrif Hugsvinnsmála á aðrar fornbókmenntir. Studia Islandica/Íslensk Fræði 43. Reykjavík: Menningarsjóður.
- Gering, Hugo, ed. 1907. Hugsvinnsmál. Eine altisländische Übersetzung der Disticha Catonis. Kiel: Lipsius & Tischer.
- Hallgrímur Scheving, ed. 1831. Hugsvinnsmál, ásamt þeirra látinska frumriti. Skóla hátið. Viðeyar Klaustri: prentuð af Helga Helgasyni, á kostnað Bessastaða Skóla.
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