HervH Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 27)
Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 27 (Hervǫr Hundingjadóttir, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 519.
text and translation
Gef þú auð, jöfurr, ef þú örr þykkiz;
þágu gull gumar, ok geraz þér vel hollir.
En, ef maðr metnaz við mildings síðu,
sýn leiðum þitt lyndi ok láttu hann sneypu hljóta.
Gef þú auð, jöfurr, ef þú þykkiz örr; gumar þágu gull, ok geraz þér vel hollir. En, ef maðr metnaz við síðu mildings, sýn leiðum lyndi þitt ok láttu hann hljóta sneypu.
‘Give riches, prince, if you would be thought open-handed; [if] men have received gold and then they become very loyal to you. But if a man at the ruler’s side puffs himself up, show the loathsome one your temper and let him have disgrace as his portion. ’
notes and context
Hervǫr gives Hjálmþér more advice about behaviour at her father’s court, urging him to show generosity as befits a ruler.
Hervǫr’s advice is conventionally gnomic and not specifically relevant to the situation at Hundingi’s hall.
readings
- [1] Gef þú: enn ef papp6ˣ
- [2] örr: added in right margin in scribal hand papp6ˣ
- [3] þágu: þáðu all
- [3] gumar: so ÍBR5ˣ, gunnar 109a IIIˣ, papp6ˣ
- [8] láttu: lát ÍBR5ˣ
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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AM 109 a III 8°x (109a IIIx) — 273v/1 - 273v/4
imagesGef þú auð, jöfurr,
ef þú örr þykkiz;
þáðu gull gunnar,
ok geraz þér vel hollir.
En, ef maðr metnaz
við mildings síðu,
sýn leiðum þitt lyndi
ok láttu hann sneypu hljóta.gief þu aud jofur ef þu aur þikizt þa | dv gull gvnnar og giorast þier vel holler enn ef madr | metnazt vid milldings sydu syn leydvm þitt lindi | og lattu hann sneypu hliota
(HA)
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Holm papp 6 4°x (papp6x) — 53r - 53r
enn ef auð, jöfurr,
images
ef þú þykkiz;
þáðu gull gunnar,
ok geraz þér vel hollir.
En, ef maðr metnaz
við mildings síðu,
sýn leiðum þitt lyndi
ok láttu hann sneypu hljóta. -
ÍBR 5 folx (ÍBR5x) — 95/7 - 95/9
Gef þú auð, jöfurr,
images
ef þú örr þykkiz;
þáðu gull gumar,
ok geraz þér vel hollir.
En, ef maðr metnaz
við mildings síðu,
sýn leiðum þitt lyndi
ok lát hann sneypu hljóta.
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