Anon Hsv 131VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 131’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 438.
text and translation
Fyrir augum vaxa lát þér aldrigi
at kenna nýtt ok nema,
þvít holla speki lofa hyggnir menn
en lasta heimskan hal.
Lát þér aldrigi vaxa fyrir augum at kenna ok nema nýtt, þvít hyggnir menn lofa holla speki en lasta heimskan hal.
‘Never let yourself shrink from teaching and learning something useful, because wise men praise wholesome wisdom and censure a foolish man.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 29) Ne pudeat quae nescieris te velle doceri: / scire aliquid laus est; culpa est nil discere velle ‘Do not be ashamed when you wish to be taught what you do not know; to know something is praiseworthy, blamable is to not want to learn anything’. — [4-5]: 624 has: þvít hygginn maðr | lofar hölða í þokka (Skj B removes í) ‘because a wise man praises men’s opinion’.
readings
- [1] vaxa: so 723aˣ, 624, om. 1199ˣ
- [2] aldrigi: eigi 723aˣ
- [3] at kenna: so 723aˣ, vaxa nýtt kenna 1199ˣ, spyrja 624
- [4] holla speki: hygginn maðr 624
- [5] lofa hyggnir menn: lofar hölda í þokka 624
- [6] lasta: lastar 624
- [6] heimskan: heimskar 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/29 - 75r/30
imagesFyrir augum
lát þér aldrigi
vaxa nýtt kenna nýtt ok nema,
þvít holla speki
lofa hyggnir menn
en lasta heimskan hal.fyrer Augum lät þier alldri vaxa nijtt kenna og | nema, þuiad holla speke lofa higgner menn, enn lasta heimskann hal.
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 84/21 - 84/23
imagesFyrir augum vaxa
lát þér eigi
at kenna nýtt ok nema,
þvít holla speki
lofa hyggnir menn
en lasta heimskan hal.Fyrer augum vaxa lät þier eige, ad kenna nytt | og nema, þui holla speke lofa hygner menn, enn lasta | heimskann hal.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 147/7 - 147/8
imagesFyrir augum vaxa
lát þér aldrigi
spyrja nýtt ok nema,
þvít hygginn maðr
lofar hölda í þokka
en lastar heimskar hal.Firer augum uaxa lattv þier alldri spyria nytt ok nema þviat hyggin | madur lofar ho᷎llda j þocka ennlastar heimskar hal ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 75r/17 - 75r/19
Firer Augum vaxa lättu | þier alldre, spiria vits[4] og nema, þuiat higginn madur lofar | hólda i þocka, enn lastar heimskann hal. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 131: AII, 194, BII, 207, Skald II, 108-9; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 30, Gering 1907, 35, Tuvestrand 1977, 143, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 119.
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