Anon Hsv 22VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 374.
Ef þú eyri átt, þann er þér ekki stóðar,
eða þú hlýtr ógagn af,
gef þú hann burt, þótt þér góðr þykki;
mart er fríðara en fé.
Ef þú átt eyri, þann er þér stóðar ekki, eða þú hlýtr ógagn af, gef þú hann burt, þótt þér góðr þykki; mart er fríðara en fé.
If you own money which is not of any use to you or which leads to harm for you, give it away, even though it may seem good to you; much is better than money.
Mss: 1199ˣ(72v), 720a IV(1v), 723aˣ(77), 696XV(1r), 401ˣ(1r), 624(141)
Readings: [1-3] ‘Ef [...] ogagn af ecki hann þier storum stodur’ 696XV [2] er: so 401ˣ, om. 1199ˣ, 720a IV, 723aˣ, 696XV, 624 [3] þú hlýtr: hlýtr þú 720a IV, hlýtr 723aˣ [4] gef þú hann burt: gef þú hann á burt 720a IV, gef þú þér góðr 696XV, gef hann í burt 401ˣ, burt skaltu hann gefa 624 [5] þótt: so 720a IV, þó 1199ˣ, 723aˣ, 401ˣ, þú 696XV, om. 624
Editions: Skj AII, 172, Skj BII, 189, Skald II, 98; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 10, Gering 1907, 7, Tuvestrand 1977, 83, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 39.
Notes: [All]: Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 6) Quae nocitura tenes, quamvis sint cara, relinque: / utilitas opibus praeponi tempore debet ‘Things you have which are harmful, though they are dear, let go; in time, usefulness should be put before wealth’.
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.
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