Anon Hsv 61VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 61’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 398.
text and translation
Fengins fjár neyttu framarliga,
ok vert þíns mildr matar;
aura njóta láttu auma fira,
ef geraz þarfir þess.
Neyttu framarliga fengins fjár, ok vert mildr matar þíns; láttu auma fira njóta aura, ef geraz þarfir þess.
‘Use valiantly the property you gained, and be generous with your food; let poor men have benefit of money if it becomes necessary.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 5) Fac sumptum propere, cum res desiderat ipsa: / dandum etenim est aliquid, cum tempus postulat aut res ‘Give goods quickly when the situation demands; a thing is to be given when the time or the situation demands’. — [4-6]: Cf. Hávm 40 (NK, 23): Fiár síns, | er fengit hefr, | scylit maðr þǫrf þola; | opt sparir leiðom, | þatz hefir liúfom hugat, | mart gengr verr, enn varir ‘On account of the property which he has amassed / a man shouldn’t suffer need; / often what was meant for the lovable is saved for the hateful, / much goes worse than is expected’ (Larrington 1996, 19). — [4-6]: Lines 4-5 are the basically same as st. 54/1-2 in 1199ˣ and are probably the result of scribal error. These ll. in both mss have no parallel in the Lat. text.
readings
- [2] framarliga: framliga 624
- [3] ok: om. 624
- [4] njóta: so 624, þína 1199ˣ
- [5] láttu auma fira: so 624, skaltu eigi til ónýtis hafa 1199ˣ
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) — 73v/3 - 73v/4
imagesFengins fjár
neyttu framarliga,
ok vert þíns mildr matar;
aura þína
skaltu eigi til ónýtis hafa ,
ef geraz þarfir þess.Feingins fiär neittu framarlega, og vertt | þijns milldur matar. Aura þijna skalltu ei til önýtis hafa, ef Giórast þarfer þess. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 245r/10 - 245r/11 [1-3]
feinginz fiär neittu framar | lega, enn forsiälegar milldur þijnz matar.
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 143/23 - 143/25
imagesFengins fjár
neyttu framliga,
vert þíns mildr matar;
aura njóta
láttu auma fira,
ef geraz þarfir þess.Feingins fiar neyttv fram | liga vertv þins milldur matar avra níota lattv auma fira ef gior | az þarfer þess ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 72r/21 - 72v/2
Fengins ⸝fiär⸜ || fiär neittu, framliga vertu kins milldur matar aura | niöta lättu auma fira, ef giorast þarfer þess. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 62: AII, 181, BII, 196, Skald II, 102; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 17, Gering 1907, 17, Tuvestrand 1977, 105, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 70.
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