Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 371-2.
Ofsvefni tæla láttu þik aldrigi;
kosta vakr at vera;
leti ok lasta verðr, þeim er lengi sefr,
auðit iðugliga.
Láttu þik aldrigi tæla ofsvefni; kosta at vera vakr; verðr leti ok lasta iðugliga auðit, þeim er lengi sefr.
‘Never let too much sleepiness entice you; try to stay awake; laziness and vices frequently fall to the lot of the one who sleeps for a long time.’
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 2) Plus vigila semper nec somno deditus esto; / nam diuturna quies vitiis alimenta ministrat ‘Always keep more alert, nor be given to sleep; for continuous idleness offers food for vice’. The text of 1199ˣ is closer than that of 624 to the Lat.; in 624 the whole st. seems corrupt. The advice to be alert is also expressed in Hsv 9. Similar advice is also given in Grp 29 (NK, 168).
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.
Ofsuefngi tæla lättu þig alldri. Kosta vakur ad vera. | Leti og lasta verdur þeim er leingi sefur, Audid iduglega.
(VEÞ)
Ofsvefni tæla
láttu þik aldrigi;
kosta þú vakr at vera;
leti ok lasta
verðr, þeim er lengi sefr,
auðit iðugliga.
O f suefn[i] tæla lꜳttu þic alldrei· kosta þu | wakur ath wera leti ok lasta werdr þeim er leingi | sefur audid idiuliga |
(TW)
ofsefn tæla
láttu þik aldrigi;
kosta vakr at vera;
leti ok lasta
verðr, þeim er lengi sefr,
auðit iðugliga.
Ofsvefn tæla lättu þig alldreı̈, kosta vakur ad vera, | lete og lasta verdur þeim er leinge sefur, audad | [...]duglega.
(TW)
Ofsvefni †tel[...]†
†[...]† †[...]†;
kosta þú vakr at vera;
leti ok losta
verðr, þeim †[...]† ,
iðugliga.
Of suefni tel [...] | kosta þu uakr at uerra leti og losta uerdr þeim [...] | jdulíga
(VEÞ)
ofsvefna
láttu þik eigi tæla;
kosta þú vakr at ver;
leti ok losta
verðr, þeim er lengi sefr,
auðit iðugliga.
ofsvefna lattu þik eigi tæla kosta | þu uakur at uerleti ok losta uerdur þeim er leingi seffvr audit idi | vliga
(VEÞ)
of suef | na la̋ttu þig ei tæla, kosta þu vakur ad vera, | lete og losta verdr þeim er lenge sefur auded Jd | uglega.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 18: AII, 171, BII, 188, Skald II, 98; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 10, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 549, Gering 1907, 5, Tuvestrand 1977, 80, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 36.
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