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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Hsv 45VII/5 — lasta ‘blame’

Ljótlig vömm        ef þú lasta vilt,
        drýgðu eigi sjálfr in sömu;
annan samir þér        eigi at lasta,
        ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.

Ef þú vilt lasta ljótlig vömm, drýgðu eigi sjálfr in sömu; samir þér eigi at lasta annan, ef þú ert syndauðigr sjálfr.

If you want to censure ugly faults, do not commit the same yourself; it does not beseem you to blame another if you are sinful yourself.

readings

[4, 5] samir þér eigi at lasta: lasta samir þér eigi vel 401ˣ, lýta samir þér eigi 624

notes

[4-5] annan samir þér eigi at lasta ‘it does not beseem you to blame another’: 401ˣ has a different w.o. but is more or less the same, apart from the addition of the adv. vel. Skj B uses 624, því annan lýta | samir þér eigi ‘because it does not beseem you to disgrace another’, but reverses the last two words to produce correct alliteration.

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