Printed edition

Stanza 57

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 57

1908

Old Norse

57, line 3.— R , Dt Hl. J., inaþr manni verþr af máli kuþr, Mh. G. H. S.

English translation

Brand kindles from brand till it be burned,spark is kindled from spark,man unfold him by speech with man,but grows over secret through silence.