Anon Hsv 123VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 123’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 434.
text and translation
Íþróttir margar þótt þú öðlaz hafir,
kosta þú at vinna vel;
erfiði drýgja þurfu alda synir,
meðan þeir heilsu hafa.
Kosta þú at vinna vel, þótt þú hafir öðlaz margar íþróttir; alda synir þurfu drýgja erfiði, meðan þeir hafa heilsu.
‘Try to work well, even if you have attained many accomplishments; the sons of men need to endure hardship while they have their health.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 21) Exerce studium, quamvis perceperis artem: / ut cura ingenium, sic et manus adiuvat usum ‘Practise zeal in whatever art you have taken up, that care and attention may aid talent, and practise likewise the hand’.
readings
- [2] þótt: ef 624
- [2] öðlaz: so 720a IV, 723aˣ, 624, eignaz 1199ˣ
- [2] hafir: hefir 624
- [3] þú: þó 720a IV, vel 723aˣ
- [5] þurfu: so 624, þurfa 1199ˣ, 720a IV, 723aˣ
- [5] alda: allir manns 723aˣ
- [6] meðan: om. 723aˣ
- [6] þeir: so 720a IV, 624, sína 1199ˣ, þeir eð 723aˣ
- [6] hafa: halda 624
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) — 75r/7 - 75r/8
imagesÍþróttir margar
þótt þú eignaz hafir,
kosta þú at vinna vel;
erfiði drýgja
þurfa alda synir,
meðan sína heilsu hafa.jþrotter margar þo þu eignast hafer. kosta þu ad | vinna vel. Erfidi drýgia þurfa alldasýner, medan sijna heilsu hafa.
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a IV 4° (720a IV) — 2v/7 - 2v/10
imagesÍþróttir margar
þótt þú öðlaz hafir,
kosta þó at vinna vel;
erfiði drýgja
þurfa alda synir,
meðan þeir heilsu hafa.Jþrőttir margar þőtt | þu audlast hafir· kosta þő ath winn wel | erfidí drygia þurfa alldar Synir medan þeir // heylsu hafa |
(TW)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 83/3 - 83/5
imagesÍþróttir margar
þótt þú öðlaz hafir,
kosta vel at vinna vel;
erfiði drýgja
þurfa allir manns synir,
þeir eð heilsu hafa.Jþrötter marger þö þu ódlast hafer kosta vel ad | vinna erfide drýgia þurfa aller manns syner þeir ed heilsu hafa.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 146/20 - 146/22
imagesÍþróttir margar
ef þú öðlaz hefir,
kosta þú at vinna vel;
erfiði drýgja
þurfu alda synir,
meðan þeir heilsu halda.Jþrotter margar ef þv avdlaz hefer kosta | þv at vínna vel erfidi drygia þurfv alda syner medan þeir hleilsv ha | llda ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 74v/23 - 75r/2
Jþrötter margar ef þu | ódlast hefer, kosta þu ad vinna vel, erffide ⸝drijgia,⸜ || drijgia þurfu allda syner, medan þeir heilsu hall | da.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 124: AII, 193, BII, 206, Skald II, 108; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 29, Gering 1907, 34, Tuvestrand 1977, 140, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 115.
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