Anon Hsv 58VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 58’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 396.
Ókunnum samir þér opt at duga,
ef þú vilt vinsæll vera;
veldi betra þykkir vitrum hal
at eiga víða vini.
Samir þér at duga ókunnum opt, ef þú vilt vera vinsæll; vitrum hal þykkir veldi betra at eiga víða vini.
It befits you to help an unknown man often, if you want to be popular; to a wise man it seems better than power to have friends far and wide.
Mss: 1199ˣ(73r), 624(143)
Readings: [1] samir: manni samir 624 [2] opt: opt vel 624 [3] vinsæll vera: víðfrægr verða ok vinsæll 624 [4] veldi: so 624, verði 1199ˣ [6] eiga víða: öreigi eigi 624
Editions: Skj AII, 181, Skj BII, 195, Skald II, 102; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 17, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 550, Gering 1907, 17, Tuvestrand 1977, 104, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 68.
Notes: [All]: Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 1) Si potes, ignotis etiam prodesse memento: / utilius regno est, meritis adquirere amicos ‘If you can, even remember to help people you do not know; it is more beneficial than a kingdom to gain friends by kindness’.
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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