Anon Hsv 134VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 134’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 440.
text and translation
Fávíss maðr ef verðr á firði staddr,
ok getr eigi beinan byr,
liðligra er honum til lands at halda
en sigla foldu frá.
Ef fávíss maðr verðr staddr á firði ok getr eigi beinan byr, er honum liðligra at halda til lands en sigla frá foldu.
‘If a not very wise man is stuck in a fjord and does not get a direct wind [for sailing], it is more useful for him to keep to the shore than to sail away from the land.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 33) Quod potes id tempta: nam litus carpere remis / tutius est multo quam velum tendere in altum ‘Whatever you are able [to do], try it; for to seize the oar at the shore is far safer than to spread the sail on the high sea’.
readings
- [3] ok: om. 624
- [4] er honum: ráð 624
- [5] til lands: ‘er til lans’ 624
- [5] halda: snúa 624
- [6] sigla: om. 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) — 75v/1 - 75v/2
imagesfävijs madur ef verdur ä firdi staddur, og getur ei beinan bir | lidlegra er honum til lands ad hallda enn sigla folldu frä.
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 147/12 - 147/12
imagesFávíss maðr
ef verðr á firði staddr,
getr eigi beinan byr,
liðligra ráð
†er til lans† at snúa
en foldu frá.Faviss madur ef verdr a firdi staddur getvr eigi beinan byr lí | dligra rad er til lans at snva enn folldv fra ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 75v/1 - 75v/3
Fa̋uijs madur | ef verdur ä firde staddur, getur ei beinan byr, lidlegra | ra̋̋d er thil landz ad snüa, enn folldu fra.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 134: AII, 195, BII, 208, Skald II, 109; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 31, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 552, Gering 1907, 36, Tuvestrand 1977, 145, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 121.
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