Anon Hsv 52VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 52’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 392-3.
text and translation
Fyrir öðrum vægja samir þér iðugliga,
þótt þú meira megir;
friðsamr við annan skyldi fyrða hverr,
sá er vill hæstan tír hafa.
Samir þér iðugliga vægja fyrir öðrum, þótt þú megir meira; hverr fyrða, sá er vill hafa hæstan tír, skyldi friðsamr við annan.
‘It often befits you to yield to others, although you may be capable of more; every man who wants to have the highest renown must [be] peaceful with another.’
notes and context
Lat. parallels: (Dist. I, 34) Vincere cum possis, interdum cede sodali, / obsequio quoniam dulces retinentur amici ‘When you are able to win, now and again give in to a friend, since good friends are kept by giving in’; (Dist. I, 38) Quem superare potes, interdum vince ferendo, / maxima enim morum semper patientia virtus ‘Conquer the one you can overcome now and again with tolerance, for the greatest virtue in behaviour is always patience’. The first two ll. echo Hsv 28.
readings
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) — 73r/22 - 73r/23
imagesFyrer ødrum vægia sömir þier ýdiulega þo þu meira | meiger. Fridsamur vid annann skijlldi firda huor, sa er vill hæstan tyr hafa. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 723 a 4°x (723ax) — 80/25 - 80/25 [1-2]
images[...] ad vægia, sæmer þier iduglega þott [...] ||
(TW)
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JS 401 4°x (401x) — 1v/21 - 1v/21 [1-3]
†[...]† öðrum vægja
samir þér iðugliga,
þótt þú meira megir;
friðsamr við annan
skyldi fyrða hverr,
sá er vill hæstan tír hafa.[...] audrvm vægia samer þier idivlega þott þu meira meger
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 143/6 - 143/7 [1-3]
imagesFyrir öðrum vægum
samir þér iðugliga,
þótt þú meira megir;
friðsamr við annan
skyldi fyrða hverr,
sá er vill hæstan tír hafa.Firer avdrum | vægum samer þier idívliga þo þv meira meiger ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 71v/14 - 71v/15 [1-3]
Firer ódrum vægia sömer þier Jd | uglega þö þu meira meger,
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 51/1-3, 67/1-3: AII, 179, BII, 194, Skald II, 101; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 15, Gering 1907, 14, Tuvestrand 1977, 100, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 64.
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