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Stanza 59

The Elder or Poetic Edda, 1908

Olive Bray · stanza 59

1908
Old Norse
Ár skal rísa sás á yrkjendr fáok ganga síns verka á vit;mart of dvelr þanns of morgin sefr,halfr es auþr und hvötum.
English translation
He must rise betimes who hath few to serve him,and see to his work himself;who sleeps at morning is hindered much,to the keen is wealth half-won.
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