Anon Hsv 33VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 380-1.
text and translation
Einmæli manna ræk þú aldrigi;
þarftu eigi til þess at hlera;
um sik ræða ætla seggja hverr,
hinn er veit á sik sakir.
Ræk þú aldrigi einmæli manna; þarftu eigi at hlera til þess; hverr seggja, hinn er veit sakir á sik, ætla ræða um sik.
‘Never pay attention to men’s private conversation; you do not need to listen to it; every man who knows he is guilty thinks [people] are talking about him.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. I, 17) Ne cures, si quis tacito sermone loquatur: / conscius ipse sibi de se putat omnia dici ‘Do not pay any attention if someone talks behind your back [lit. with silent speech]; the guilty man thinks everything is said about him’. Both versions render the Lat. text equally well, but 401ˣ and 1199ˣ correspond better to the rules of ljóðaháttr. 624 is metrically deficient in the first two ll.
readings
- [1] Einmæli: ‘ein[...]’ 696XV, um einmæli 624
- [1] manna: mann 723aˣ, ‘[...]’ 696XV
- [2] ræk þú aldrigi: om. 624
- [3] þarftu eigi til þess: tak þú til 401ˣ, hirtu aldrigi 624
- [3] hlera: hlæja 401ˣ
- [4] um: so 723aˣ, 696XV, 401ˣ, 624, um sjálfan 1199ˣ
- [4, 5] ræða ætla seggja hverr: so 723aˣ, 401ˣ, ætla ræða seggja hverr 1199ˣ, ‘ræ[...] huer’ 696XV, seggja hvern ræða ætla 624
- [6] hinn: ‘[...]’ 723aˣ, sá 696XV, om. 624
- [6] er: sem 723aˣ
- [6] sik: baki sér 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) — 72v/21 - 72v/22
imagesEinmæli manna
ræk þú aldrigi;
þarftu eigi til þess at hlera;
um sjálfan sik ætla ræða seggja hverr
,
hinn er veit á sik sakir.Einmæle manna ræk þu alldrei. Þarftu ei til þess ad hlera um sialfan sig | ætlar ʀæda seggia huór. hinn er veit a sig saker.
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 78/23 - 78/25
imagesEinmæli mann
ræk þú aldrigi;
þarftu eigi til þess at hlera;
um sik ræða
ætla seggja hverr,
†[...]† sem veit á sik sakir.Einmæle mann ræktu alldreı̈, þu þarft ei | til þess ad hlera, um sig ræda ætlar seggia hver [...] | sem veit ä sig saker.
(TW)
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AM 696 XV 4° (696XV) — 1v/8 - 1v/10
images†ein[...] [...]†
ræk þú aldrigi;
þarftu eigi til þess at hlera;
um sik †ræ[...] huer†
,
sá er veit á sik sakir.Einn | [...]ræk þu alldri [...] þarftu eigi til þess ad hlera vm sig ræ | [...]huer saer ueit ꜳ́ sig saker
(VEÞ)
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JS 401 4°x (401x) — 1r/18 - 1r/19
Einmæli manna
ræk þú aldrigi;
tak þú til at hlæja;
um sik ræða
ætla seggja hverr,
hinn er veit á sik sakir.Einmælí manna ræk þu alldregi· tak þu til at hlæia· vm sig ræda ætl[...] | seggia huer· hinn er veit ꜳ̈ sig saker·
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 142/8 - 142/10
imagesum einmæli manna
;
hirtu aldrigi at hlera;
um sik seggja hvern ræða ætla
,
er veit á baki sér sakir.vm eínn mæli | manna hírtu alldri at hlerra · vm sik seggia hvernn ʀæda ætla er veit ꜳ̋ | baki ser saker ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 70v/21 - 70v/23
vmm einmæle manna hirtu alldreige, ad hlera, | vm sig seggia huorn ræda ætla, er veit a̋ bake | sier saker,
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 33: AII, 175, BII, 191, Skald II, 99, NN §3166; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 12, Gering 1907, 10, Tuvestrand 1977, 89, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 47.
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