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Anon Hsv 55VII

Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 55’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 394.

Anonymous PoemsHugsvinnsmál
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Örr af þurftum        skaltu við ýta lið,
        ok dugi vel vinum;
sá mun þrífaz,        er þarfr geriz
        sér ok sínu liði.

Skaltu örr við lið ýta af þurftum, ok dugi vel vinum; sá mun þrífaz, er geriz þarfr sér ok liði sínu.

You must [be] open-handed with a host of men if needed, and help your friends well; he will prosper who is useful for himself and his men.

Mss: 1199ˣ(73r), 401ˣ(1v), 624(143)

Readings: [1] Örr: ‘[...]’ 401ˣ;    af: at 401ˣ    [2] skaltu: vertu vertu 624    [3] ok: om. 401ˣ, 624;    dugi: so 624, dugir 1199ˣ, duga 401ˣ    [5] þarfr: ‘þarf[...]’ 401ˣ;    geriz: so 624, er 1199ˣ, ‘[...]z’ 401ˣ

Editions: Skj AII, 180, Skj BII, 194-5, Skald II, 101, NN §111; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 16, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 550, Gering 1907, 16, Tuvestrand 1977, 101, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 65.

Notes: [All]: Lat. parallels: (Dist. I, 40) Dapsilis interdum notis et carus amicis / dum fueris dando, semper tibi proximus esto ‘While you were a bountiful and dear friend sometimes to known friends, in giving always be nearest to yourself’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. Tuvestrand, Birgitta, ed. 1977. Hugsvinnsmál: Handskrifter och kritisk text. Lundastudier i nordisk språkvetenskap A:29. Lund: Blom.
  5. Hermann Pálsson, ed. 1985a. Áhrif Hugsvinnsmála á aðrar fornbókmenntir. Studia Islandica/Íslensk Fræði 43. Reykjavík: Menningarsjóður.
  6. Gering, Hugo, ed. 1907. Hugsvinnsmál. Eine altisländische Übersetzung der Disticha Catonis. Kiel: Lipsius & Tischer.
  7. 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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