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Stanza 115

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 115

1923
I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:Seek never to win the wife of another,Or long for her secret love.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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