Anon Hsv 64VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 64’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 400.
text and translation
Ódyggra manna skaltu eigi atferð nema,
þótt þeim verði flærð at frama;
löstum eigi megu þeir lengi leyna;
upp koma um síðir svik.
Skaltu eigi nema atferð ódyggra manna, þótt flærð verði þeim at frama; þeir megu eigi lengi leyna löstum; um síðir koma upp svik.
‘You must not learn the behaviour of unreliable people, although deceit may advance them; they cannot conceal vices for long; in time treachery comes out.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 8) Nolo putes pravos homines peccata lucrari: / temporibus peccata latent et tempore parent ‘I do not want you to think that crimes enrich bad men; at times crimes are hidden, but with time they become obvious’. The topic is also dealt with in Hávm 28/4-6 (NK, 21): eyvito leyna | mego ýta sønir, | því er gengr um guma ‘the sons of men cannot keep secret / what’s already going around’ (Larrington 1996, 18). The last l. is very close to the phrasing in Sól 21. 624 contains the same st. twice. Both sts in 624 are so similar in phrasing that the second st. seems to be a correction of the first one. This st. belongs to a small block of three sts quoted twice in 624. The repetition might be due to the fact that, according to the Lat., they should be placed later in the ordering of verses in that ms.
readings
- [2] eigi: om. 624(143)
- [3] frama: fé 624(144), 624(143)
- [4] löstum: löstnum 624(143)
- [4] eigi: om. 624(144), 624(143)
- [5] megu þeir lengi leyna: leyna munu lengi 624(144), mega þeir lengi leyna 624(143)
- [6] upp: en upp 624(143)
- [6] síðir svik: so 624(144), 624(143)
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/8 - 73v/9
imagesÖdýggra manna skalltu eigi adferd nema, þo þeim verde flæ | rd ad frama; Lóstum ei meigu þeir leingi leina, upp koma suik um sijder |
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 244v/20 - 244v/22 [1-3]
Jllra manna skaltu ei | at ferd nema, þött þeim flærder ad frama | verde,
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624*) — 143/9 - 143/11
imagesÓdyggra manna
skaltu atferð nema,
þótt þeim verði flærð at fé;
löstnum
mega þeir lengi leyna ;
en upp koma um síðir svik.Odyggra | manna skaltv atferd nema þo þeim uerdi flærd at fe lostunum mega þeir leíngi leyna | enn uppkoma vm sider svik ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624*) — 144/1 - 144/2
imagesÓdyggra manna
skaltu eigi atferð nema,
þótt þeim verði flærð at fé;
löstum
leyna munu lengi ;
upp koma um síðir svik.Ody ⸝⸝ggra manna || skaltv eigi atferd nema þott þeim verdi flærd at fe lavstum leyna mvnv leingi | upp koma um sider svik ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 71v/20 - 71v/22
ödiggra manna skaltu At ferd nema, | þö þeim verdj flærd ad (fie)
fiórlóstunum mega þeir | lenge leina, enn vppkoma vm sijder suik. ⸝Aunguan⸜ ||(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 65: AII, 182, BII, 196, Skald II, 102; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 18, Gering 1907, 18, Tuvestrand 1977, 107, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 72.
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