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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Hsv 21VII/6 — vamma ‘of blemishes’

Ef at ýta lífi        hyggr þú öllu saman
        ok sér þeira siðu,
þat þú þá finnr,        er fira reynir:
        fár er vamma varr.

Ef þú hyggr at ýta lífi öllu saman ok sér þeira siðu, þá finnr þú þat, er reynir fira: fár er varr vamma.

If you consider men’s life altogether and look at their customs, then you notice that, when you try people: few are free of blemishes.

readings

[6] vamma: vámi 696XV

notes

[6] fár er varr vamma ‘few are free of blemishes’: This l. is a variant of a common OIcel. saying. Cf. Hávm 22/6 (NK, 20): hann era vamma vanr ‘he is not free of blemishes’.

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