Anon Hsv 75VII
Tarrin Wills and Stefanie Gropper (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Hugsvinnsmál 75’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 406.
text and translation
Ofdrukkinn maðr, ef hann ilt geri,
er eigi várkunnar vert;
sjálfr því veldr, ef hann svá drekkr,
at eigi at geð síns gáir.
Ofdrukkinn maðr, ef hann geri ilt, er eigi várkunnar vert; sjálfr veldr því, ef hann drekkr svá, at eigi gáir at geð síns.
‘If a man who has drunk too much does wrong, it does not deserve excusing; he causes it himself if he drinks so much that he is not aware of his senses.’
notes and context
Lat. parallels: (Dist. II, 21) Quae potus peccas, ignoscere tu tibi noli, / nam crimen nullum vini, sed culpa bibentis ‘The crimes you commit in drinking do not excuse in yourself; for there is no fault in wine, but the fault is that of the drinker’. The topic of drinking decently is dealt with in several sts of Hávm. Cf. for instance Hávm 11/4-6 (NK, 18): vegnest verra | vegra hann velli at, | enn sé ofdryccia ǫls ‘a worse journey-provision he couldn’t carry over the land / than to be too drunk on ale’ (Larrington 1996, 15). Cf. also Hávm 12 and 19. In a less direct way it is also dealt with in Sól 21.
readings
- [2] ef: so 624, þótt 1199ˣ
- [2] geri: gerir 624
- [3] várkunnar: so 624, ‘vorkinnar’ 1199ˣ
- [5] ef: er 624
- [6] eigi at geð síns: síns góðs eigi 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/26 - 73v/27
imagesOfdrukkinn maðr,
þótt hann ilt geri,
er eigi †vorkinnar† vert;
sjálfr því veldr,
ef hann svá drekkr,
at eigi geð síns gáir.Ofdruckinn madur þött hann illt gióre, er ei vorkinnar vert. | Sialfur þui velldur ef hann so dreckur, ad ei ad ged sijns gäer.
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 245r/25 - 245r/27
ofdrickiu madur þö | Jllt giore, ei er þeim vorkunar verk, þvij sia̋lfur þvij | velldur, ad svo hefur druckid, ad gedz sijnz ei gäer
(VEÞ)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 144/13 - 144/15
imagesOfdrukkinn maðr,
ef hann ilt gerir,
er eigi várkunnar vert;
sjálfr því veldr,
er hann svá drekkr,
at síns góðs eigi gáir.Ofdrvkin | madur ef hann illt giorer er eigi vorkvnar vert sialfr þvi uelldur er hann suo drecvr at síns | gozt eigi gaír ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 148 8vox (148x*) — 72v/20 - 72v/22
ofdruckinn madur, ef hann | Jllt giorer, er ei vorkunar vert, siälfur þui velldur, | er hann sig dreckur, ad sijns gedz ei gäer. |
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], [C. E/5]. Hugsvinnsmál 76: AII, 184, BII, 198, Skald II, 103; Hallgrímur Scheving 1831, 20, Konráð Gíslason 1860, 551, Gering 1907, 21, Tuvestrand 1977, 114, Hermann Pálsson 1985, 80.
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