Anon Hsv 144VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 144’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 445-6.
Ódyggra manna skaltu aldrigi
fagna bráðum bana;
hitt er sýnna, at sælir munu
dyggvir menn, þótt deyi.
Skaltu aldrigi fagna bráðum bana ódyggra manna; hitt er sýnna, at dyggvir menn munu sælir, þótt deyi.
You must never rejoice at the sudden death of wicked men; it is obvious that worthy men will [be] blessed when they die.
Mss: 1199ˣ(75v), 624(148)
Readings: [1] Ódyggra manna: so 624, ókunnra dyggra 1199ˣ [2] aldrigi: so 624, eigi 1199ˣ [3] fagna bráðum bana: so 624, bráðum dauða fagna 1199ˣ [5] sælir munu: munu sælir vera 624
Editions: Skj AII, 196-7, Skj BII, 209-10, Skald II, 110; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 33, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 552, Gering 1907, 39, Tuvestrand 1977, 150, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 128.
Notes: [All]: Lat. parallel: (Dist. IV, 46) Morte repentina noli gaudere malorum: / felices obeunt quorum sine crimine vita ‘Do not rejoice at the sudden death of evil-doers; happy die those whose life [is] without blemish’. The topic of gloating is also dealt with in Hsv 35. — [3]: 1199ˣ’s bráðum dauða fagna lacks alliteration.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 35’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 382.
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