Anon Hsv 67VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 67’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 402.
text and translation
Forlögu sinnar skal maðr eigi frétt reka
né um þat önn ala;
guð veit bezt, hverjum hann giptu ann,
ok vita þat eigi fyrðar fyrir.
Maðr skal eigi reka frétt forlögu sinnar, né ala önn um þat; guð veit bezt, hverjum hann ann giptu, ok fyrðar vita þat eigi fyrir.
‘A man must not enquire about his future fate nor worry about it; God knows best to whom he grants luck and men do not know that beforehand.’
notes and context
Lat. parallel: (Dist. II, 12) Quid deus intendat, noli perquirere sorte: / quid statuat de te, sine te deliberat ille ‘Do not seek out by divination what God intends; what he establishes for you, he determines without you’. In l. 3 there are parallels in phrasing to the third l. in the second version’s text of Hsv 38. Lines 1-3 are paralleled by Hsv 126/1-3. Cf. also Hávm 56/4-5 (NK, 25): ørlǫg sín | viti engi fyrir ‘no one may know his fate beforehand’ (Larrington 1996, 21).
readings
- [1] Forlögu: til farsælu 624
- [2] skal: þar 624
- [2] maðr eigi: engi maðr 624
- [2] reka: at reka 624
- [3] önn ala: annála 624
- [4] bezt: gerst 624
- [6] ok vita: vitu 624
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/12 - 73v/14
imagesForlógu | sinnar skal madur ei friett reka, nie um þad ónn ala; Gud veit best huórium | hann ɢiptu ann. og vita þad ei firdar fyrer.
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 144/5 - 144/6
imagestil farsælu sinnar
þar engi maðr frétt at reka
né um þat annála ;
guð veit gerst,
hverjum hann giptu ann,
vitu þat eigi fyrðar fyrir.Til farsælv sinar þar eingi madur frett at reka nie vm þat annala gud | veit giorst hverivm hann giptv ann vitv þat eigi fyrdar fyrer ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x) — 72v/5 - 72v/8
thil farsælu sinnar | þarf einge madur friett ad reka, nie vm þad Anna̋la, | gud veit giorst huorium hann gifftu ann, vitu þad ei | firdar firer.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 69: AII, 183, BII, 197, Skald II, 103; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 18, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 551, Gering 1907, 19, Tuvestrand 1977, 110, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 75.
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