Anon Hsv 23VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 374-5.
text and translation
Blíðr þú vert en stundum bráðskapaðr,
ef geraz þarfir þess;
vel má þat verða at skipti vitr maðr geði,
þótt hann lastvarr lifi.
Vert þú blíðr en stundum bráðskapaðr, ef geraz þarfir þess; þat má vel verða, at vitr maðr skipti geði, þótt hann lifi lastvarr.
‘Be friendly but sometimes of hasty disposition if it becomes necessary; it can well happen, that a wise man becomes angry, although he lives virtuously.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 7) Clemens et constans, ut res expostulat, esto: / temporibus mores sapiens sine crimine mutat ‘Be constant and kind, as the case demands; the wise man changes his ways without fault as the times require’.
readings
- [4] má þat verða: ‘ma verd[...]’ 401ˣ, þat þykkir 624
- [5] at: þó 624
- [5] skipti vitr maðr: vitr maðr skipti 723aˣ, skipti vinr 401ˣ, skipti vitr 624
- [5] geði: reiði 624
- [6] þótt: þó 723aˣ, 401ˣ
- [6] hann: om. 723aˣ
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) — 72v/6 - 72v/7
imagesBlijdur þu vert enn stundum brädskapadur ef giórast þarfir þess. Vel ma þad | verda ad skipti Vitur madur gedi, þott hann lastvar life.
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a IV 4° (720a IV) — 1v/12 - 1v/14
imagesB lijdr þu wert enn stundum brꜳdskapadr ef gi|orast þarfir þess· wel mꜳ þath werda ath | Skifti witur madr giedi þott hann last war lifí |
(TW)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 77/20 - 77/22
imagesBlíðr þú vert
en stundum bráðskapaðr,
ef geraz þarfir þess;
vel má þat verða
at vitr maðr skipti geði,
þó lastvarr lifi.Blydur þu vert enn stundum brädskapadur | ef giörast þarfer þess, vel mä þad verda, ad vitur | madur skifte, gede þö lastvar life.
(TW)
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JS 401 4°x (401x) — 1r/5 - 1r/6
Blíðr þú vert
en stundum bráðskapaðr,
ef geraz þarfir þess;
vel †ma verd[...]†
at skipti vinr geði,
þó hann lastvarr lifi.Blidr þv vertt en stvndum bradskapra⸌a⸍dʀ ef gioraz þarfer þess· vel ma verd[...] | at skipte vinr gede· þo hann last uar life =
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 244v/2 - 244v/4
Blijdur þü vert, enn brädskapadur stundum, | ef giórast þarfer þess, þvij vel mä þad vera ad | skiffte vitur madur gede, þö hann lastvar liffe. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 141/17 - 141/19
imagesBlíðr þú vert
en stundum bráðskapaðr,
ef geraz þarfir þess;
vel þat þykkir
þó skipti vitr reiði,
þótt hann lastvarr lifi.blidr þu vert enn stundum bradskapadvr | ef gioraz þarfer þess vel þat þicir þo skipti uitur ʀeidi þott hann lastvar | lifi
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 70r/14 - 70r/17
blij | dur þu vert, enn stundum brädskapadur ef | giorast þarfer þess, vel þad þiker þö skiffte | vitur reide, þött hann lastvar life.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 23: AII, 173, BII, 189, Skald II, 98-9; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 10, Gering 1907, 7, Tuvestrand 1977, 83, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 39-40.
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